Trey Gowdy actually said...

"You have to convince me that it is important and helpful enough to send a person to jail who wants to exercise their right not to answer it."

"In these difficult economic times, when the federal government must drastically reduce its spending, we simply cannot continue to spend money without verifying that funds are being used as effectively..."

"It strikes me that there are three overarching questions: Number one, can government force citizens to accept certain religious beliefs; number two, can government prevent citizens from holding certai..."

"I started by talking about respect for the rule of law. And it really shouldn't matter, with the vagaries or vicissitudes of political cycles, what definitions mean."