Trey Gowdy

The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.

I hope not. I hope he gives us the documents. It's not a political exercise to me. I want to know how Fast and Furious happened.

I was a prosecutor back when that was going on. The notion that -- that it's OK for me to do it only because you did it has never been appealing to me.

I would be asking the exact same questions regardless of what party was in power.

It is important to me that she doesn't care about anyone's station in life and she doesn't care about their political ideology.

I am a critic because I don't think the Attorney General for the United States of America should have any political ideology whatsoever.

there is a desire to, quote, 'get at you' because you, quote, 'consistently take progressive stands.'

You cannot tell what his political ideology is from the way he discharges his job.

I would be asking the exact same questions about Fast and Furious whether you were John Ashcroft, whether you were Dan Lungren, whether you were Bob Goodlatte.

Is it possible for me to ask that question and be motivated by good faith?

Nell Lindsey was a nurse at a local hospital. Her shift had ended, and it was time to go home. She couldn't take her own car because her husband had disabled the car so it wouldn't work. This is the same husband who had broken her jaw on a…

Woman, I would just say, again, that really in times of prosperity, we should be having conversations about the size and the scope of government. And of course you have to have it in times of austerity. I just view the criminal justice…

Woman, if the government wants to ask you if you're having trouble keeping your attention or how many flush toilets you have, I suppose they can ask that. But should they really be able to fine you for not answering? And it is of very…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

Woman, my mother was a victims advocate in a prosecutor's office when I was growing up. She would come home and lament the fact that defendants could pick any lawyer they wanted to defend them, but the victims of crime were stuck with the…

I was not going to talk because I talked yesterday on Fast and Furious, and Representative Chaffetz did a wonderful job. But, Madam Chair, I cannot stand here while demonstrably false insinuations are leveled. I worked for the Department…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 21, line 23, insert ``(reduced by $1,000,000)'' after the dollar amount. Page 101, line 10, insert…

Woman, for well over a year now, committees of Congress have been trying to answer basic, fundamental questions about an ill-conceived, ill-executed firearms operation called Fast and Furious. A Border Patrol agent was killed, hundreds of…

I think the last time you were here I asked you about tort reform.

I think the state has a compelling interest in banning animal sacrifice, whether it is compelling or just important is irrelevant for purposes of this discussion.

Can government decide which religious beliefs are acceptable and not acceptable?

Do you agree with me that government cannot force certain religious beliefs on its citizens?

I think government has a compelling interest in avoiding gender discrimination but this Administration took to the Supreme Court a case, Hosanna-Tabor, where a religious group wanted to decide who its teachers were, even if it meant gender…

It is a shame, Mr. Chairman, that ICE was not willing to answer your legitimate questions.

I think it is a very legitimate fair question to ask ICE why they did not detain an illegal immigrant who was arrested multiple times.