"I believe that these repeated hearings continuing again today are not only a badgering of witnesses but an abuse of authority."
"We must shift our focus toward establishing a more objective and transparent set of standards for evaluating 504(c)(4) applicants involved in political activities."
"Anonymous money in politics is something we do not need in this country and something I have repeatedly said disrupts the normal and natural democratic process and must be changed."
"We need to protect accountability of our government and need to protect legal responsibility."
"Above all, we need to protect our American democracy and protect it so that it is not stolen away from us in the dark of night."
"I do not apologize because I call it dark money because nobody knows where it came from."
"It is so vital that we go back to exclusively engaging in social welfare as opposed to primarily."
"This hearing seems to be designed to influence this important upcoming vote with propaganda and political theater."
"Calling the Bank corrupt for crimes committed against it is what we call blaming the victim."
"If we don't level the playing field for our companies, our companies and our workers face unfair disadvantage."
"In my district alone, I'm very happy that the Bank supports 10 companies and 639 jobs."
"I do hope the chairman will join with me and other Republican and Democratic members who are calling for a reauthorization of a bank that supports U.S. jobs."