"I have always been a huge proponent of fully funding Congress and all of its support agencies."
"This is our third hearing on civility and how we can get Congress to actually do the job the American people want us to do."
"We really have to figure this out, and I think that this committee has the potential to make recommendations that will make Congress work better for the American people."
"We can't have 65 working days every year and think that we are going to solve problems."
"I can promise you that the people on the edges of this Congress are not going to solve our problems, and I can promise you Twitter is not going to solve our problems."
"I think in order to facilitate these policy conversations, we need to both incentivize collaboration..."
"We should leave the committee jurisdictions alone, and it doesn't really matter if we try to because they are not changing."
"Can you help us understand the formula used to award funds, and did HUD approve that formula?"
"I am opposed to the bill to create a public credit registry, and I believe it is a big government solution in search of a problem."
"Creating a one-stop shop of consumer credit information and a brand new Federal agency that has no experience in this particular area is just asking for trouble."
"I have a feeling that the government would settle for far more than the Equifax breach. So, it's a bad idea."
"I think that this is possibly the most important work this committee will do."