I hope that these committees will not be part of any sweeping under the rug, any whitewash.

It is very easy, in a hearing like this, to beat up on the executive branch for different problems with regulations.

For example, President Obama nominated Michael Horowitz to be the IG of the Department of Justice on July 29th, 2011.

I do not want to be part of a committee that treated Ms. Warren with more rudeness and disrespect than I have ever seen a committee witness treated.

I think all of us realize that this Congress is viewed as dysfunctional.

It is very important that we seize this moment of opportunity, this moment of truth, to do the right thing for the country.

The bipartisan commission Jim Cooper and I have proposed... is the approach that will lead to a solution.

We are in crisis mode today and the window of opportunity is before us.

The American people are experiencing a crisis of confidence.