Bob Bennett: “The subcommittee will come to order. I apologize to our witnesses and to those who have come to hear them for the fact…”

The ability to obstruct is not unanimously and solely part of the United States Senate.

If I was sitting on the board of directors and you were making this pitch to the board of directors as to the direction in which you are going to take the company, I would tell you, you haven't made the sale.

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 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.