Trey Gowdy

What would be even worse than unexpectedly high cost is unexpectedly high cost coupled with less-than-full success.

The census is constitutionally required. It is what ensures that, just as every vote should be counted, every person should be counted.

We get the disconnect. We are not trying to change that.

You come across as an authentic person.

Cost matters. It matters, period.

I would encourage you to be very judicious and thoughtful about what questions government does ask.

It is also important for apportioning the resources and services of our government.

I think if you were somehow able to convince our fellow citizens that they are going to get an A-plus product...

I want to thank you for having this hearing, Chairman DeSantis, and for your commitment to religious freedom.

The unique circumstances of the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rulemaking warrant an expedited repeal of the rule. In November 2016, the Committee released a staff report titled ``Politicization of the Waters of the United States…

Someone close to the president needs to get everyone connected with that campaign in a room and say from the time you saw Dr. Zhivago until the moment you drank vodka with a guy named Boris, you list every single one of those, and we're…

Just disclose this information right away to investigators. Don't let this be a peer in the press.

I think they are going to call votes in a couple of minutes.

I do not think you and I are going to be accused of being soft on crime.

What would you say to our fellow South Carolinians as a former prosecutor who is not soft on crime?

I find it unfathomable that anyone could ever have thought this would turn out any differently...

I would encourage you to share this report with the chairman of the subcommittee that provides appropriations for the Department of Justice.

Thank you, Sheriff. I want to start by thanking you for your service as a law enforcement officer and in Congress. And I call you sheriff when I pass by you because I always believe in calling people by their highest title. And as much as…

The pay is low. The work is hard. The danger is intense.

I hope your officers feel appreciated, even on the days they come home safely.

I just hate that it took Jason Harris' life, and it does not have to do that.

May justice be done, though the heavens fall.

I have never accused [President Obama] of committing a crime. And would never do so unless I was a prosecutor and had a formal charging document.

The leaking of classified information or the leaking of information that was acquired through another crime is a criminal matter.

It's all important, which is why I asked Chair Nunes to give me additional time at the end.