I wish more of our colleagues would follow the spirit in which you have set the tone of this hearing.

it lacked a universal mandate, an individual mandate.

I find it ironic the implicit criticism of an administration that did what the previous administration could not do for 7 years.

This committee has, instead, chosen to undermine the law and encourage the vowed obstructionists who are throwing hurdles in its way at every step of the process.

I sincerely hope that this is the beginning of the end of the charade to undermine a law that has been found to be constitutional.

The only justification for this new requirement is that it helps obstruct implementation of Obamacare.

The idea that money doesn't play a role is simply not true.

Sometimes when people say it is not about money, it is about money.

Hopefully with the issuance of SIGTARP's report and today's hearing, we can finally put to rest the unsubstantiated conspiracy theories.

Ultimately, GM did not fail and the broader systemic consequences of a GM failure that Treasury had feared were avoided.

I take exception to on his behalf and on behalf of this side of the aisle.

SIGTARP's report directly and definitively refutes the narrative we have just heard on this subject.

As an investigative body it is critically important that we follow the facts wherever they need.

It is easy to discount the monumental achievement in light of current auto industry conditions.

I feel bad for the Delphi employees who did not receive top-ups. There will be hard days ahead for them.

It is unfortunate that, regardless of these impressive results, Republicans continue to criticize the successful rescue of the American auto industry.

the U.S. taxpayer is pumping tens of billions of dollars to save this company and try to make sure we don't lose all those jobs and the whole industrial core of our economy.

I commend it to both Secretaries and urge you to look at it.

If we do nothing, what is the likelihood, in your judgment, that Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons as a routine weapon to turn the tide of the civil war?

We are not dealing with a President who is hungering to invade another country or put boots on the ground.

I have come to the conclusion myself that the evidence is convincing and compelling.

I thank my friend. Madam Speaker, the distinguished chairman of this committee throws a picture up on the floor and, of course, doesn't allow me to respond when he demands ``is this what the gentleman from Virginia is talking about.'' It…

I don't hear any outrage about that.

there have been a lot of hearings about IRS on various and sundry matters, but this is one that touches almost every taxpayer potentially.

Mr. Connolly. I will gladly give that unanimous consent, provided that the Democratic side of the aisle be allowed to respond.