Brett is the most qualified person any Republican President could possibly have nominated.

I do not use holds as a regular device. Very, very seldom, do I put a hold on any nomination, and I always do it publically.

I do not think that that is a violation of anything the founders had in mind, and I do think that is something that a member of the House could never, ever do.

This Administration performed something--that I thought was absolutely egregious and outrageous, and the only way I could demonstrate my concern about that was to put a hold on a nomination.

I wish this were a college seminar where we could get more deeply into all of the issues that you raise.

Do you know who is holding him? It is not a secret hold. All right. It is Senator Feingold and Senator McCain.

In fiscal 2009, the Federal Government spent over $536 billion on goods and services.

You want to go where your account is important.

I hope you will also consider the discussion in my written statement about how the deficiencies and competition process are adversely affecting our small business concerns.

the redistribution of wealth, rather the generation of value, is simply the wrong path to take in public procurement.

OMB is still Harry Truman's Bureau of the Budget, and just putting another name in it and another initial to its acronym does not mean that they spend very much time on management.