Scott DesJarlais actually said...

"But you can't--I think the point we are trying to make, and I just have a short period of time, is that there can be some function of the committee."

"You all owe the taxpayers $141 billion, so when taxpayers are seeing millions of dollars in bonuses going to the executives, I understand their outrage."

"I think people feel we get paid too much, and our deficit is $14.3 trillion and rising."

"Clearly this hearing is important because job creation is bipartisan."