"this tool is unprecedented and there is lots of transparency and accountability."
"I have introduced a bill, the Federal Cost Reduction Act, to make that statutory, just in case other people go away, and would double that goal over the next 5 year period."
"Thank you and Mr. Chairman, I hope you will join us in that legislative effort because I think it is a good bipartisan piece of legislation that could actually save us some money and codify what Mr. K..."
"Every single Republican in the Senate signed that letter you referenced saying they will move to block any nominee of the President's; so if we can't win legislatively, we're going to use other mechan..."
"I deeply regret that because I think you could provide enormous visionary leadership in protecting the consumers of America, and I deeply regret that one party decided to make that a partisan issue ra..."
"I certainly agree that cybersecurity is perhaps the largest growing single threat both to American infrastructure and to national security."
"I hope the chairman heard that, very good and extremely important questions, Mr. Chaffetz."
"Is there a mechanism within the Federal Government for exchanging best practices, experiences, tapping into the private sector expertise and the like?"
"We want to break down the stovepipes here so that we are sharing experience and intelligence across agencies to try to deter the threat."
"At the same time, I think we also need to recognize we need to preserve people's individual liberties..."
"I am not a member of the subcommittee, but I am a member of the full committee."
"I would like to enter into the record as a long-time supporter of Metro expressing my support for management endeavors to enhance public safety."