It was very disappointing to me that only one Ambassador showed up, and I let him know that we were all very disappointed.

Generally, when nets are that wide, what is going on is called a fishing expedition.

We have our own peccadillos and we can focus on those too.

I find it really interesting, by the way, that we would also, some of us, apparently, would focus on people who have obviously abused or misused their position at the EPA.

The chairman and I, Chairman Issa, have introduced a bill, FITARA, the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act--a mouthful--otherwise known as Issa-Connolly.

You can't have it both ways. You can't be cutting the IRS that kind of amount and then decry the fact that they've got antiquated IT systems.

That's an astounding statement, and it will be very interesting whether that holds up in terms of science.

I think the title of this hearing shouldn't be about this administration. It really is almost 40 years of U.S. drug policy with respect to marijuana through Republican and Democratic administrations.

We owe it to her and the other families in this country that may suffer from similar medical conditions.

I must say, in this examination what's going to be revealed is that we have some of the most restrictive guidelines in terms of research all skewed toward outcomes that talk about the harmful effects of marijuana, almost none of which talk…

But there are 22 States and the District of Columbia that have decided otherwise because they feel they have been held back at the Federal level.

I have long believed that the Federal Government governs best when it truly listens and learns from our States.

I believe we should act swiftly to reclassify marijuana in order to allow for legitimate medicinal uses and research.

We are just saying respect the equal rights of freedom of religion for the Baha'is, for the Jewish community, for the Christian community, for the minority Muslim communities.

Iran is different from the United States in that we do have the separation--what we call the separation of church and state.

We cannot forget Mr. Levinson and his family and I hope that the words particularly of Mr. Deutch bring some comfort to his family and can lead to some action by the Iranian Government.

The human rights situation in Iran is Medieval and remains bleak, and it is very important we speak out about it.

This is about a board not doing its job and a staff substituting itself for the board.

Religion has always played a very important role in our public life.

Every group is entitled in a society to human rights protection, whether they be Baha'is, whether it be women, whether they be gay and lesbian brothers and sisters.

I believe that the Baha'i resolution we have today has more at stake than just--not that that is limited--the Baha'i issue.

We believe in that very strongly. We did from the beginning in the United States.

It is, to me, a shocking document, and your reaction... raises serious questions about your fitness to hold your job.

This is about a staff that is out of control. This is about a dysfunctional culture.

I certainly would be glad to work with him in that effort because that is really what we ought to be doing with legislation.