"I don't enjoy these hearings. I would rather have a hearing about substance, not about process."
"So the letters haven't worked, and the southern politeness has not worked. We are going to ratchet it up."
"This is not a political exercise for us."
"This committee will be the last best hope for answering the questions surrounding the attacks in Benghazi."
"Thank the gentleman from Illinois."
"I would like unanimous consent to insert those case histories into the record."
"I have more respect for than the gentleman from Virginia, who has been a champion on this issue."
"I remain hopeful that there are some things left in our country that can rise above politics."
"I remain convinced that our fellow citizens are entitled to all of the facts about what happened before, during, and after the attacks in Benghazi."
"It would be a disservice to everyone involved to be lured off this path by partisan politics."
"The Board found that the Department's response to the deteriorating security situation in Benghazi was 'inadequate.'"
"The Board called this reliance 'misplaced,' and it found that these security forces were 'poorly skilled.'"