"I think there is probably some room for some innovation within committees to speed up that process."
"Last question in regards to time. We made a recommendation last Congress that we should travel less and work more."
"The president needs to stop this ASAP."
"A Congress that can't function also opens the door to unilateral executive branch control which defies constitutional intent."
"We try to make Congress better. We try to modernize Congress. That is our mission, more effective, efficient, and transparent for the American people."
"The problem is, after 9/11, we dug deep and tried to figure out what we would do in a worst-case scenario."
"Does anybody think it is a good idea that if enough members in the majority party were to meet an untimely demise, that a motion to vacate the chair could switch the balance of power?"
"We got policy problems and we got legal problems."
"That is just a policy problem. The world is going to go on."
"Thank you for hosting today's Member hearing. And thank you for your leadership. You all really have been so critical in implementing a lot of the recommendations that the select committee has made."
"we have also made a recommendation to have some co-working space where... Members could get together and collaborate."
"The appraisal industry is by its very nature somewhat subjective."