So in November 2012, the citizens of your State rejected the emergency manager law you had advocated in a referendum. Is that correct?

I'm glad you're sorry now. I'm glad you're taking action now. But it's a little bit late for the kids in Flint.

There will now be an entire generation, an entire generation of children who suffer from brain damage, learning disabilities, and many other horrible effects of lead poisoning that were inflicted on them by Governor Snyder's administration.

It is interesting, for a committee that has practiced Alice in Wonderland techniques with management, 'Off with your head.'

The buck stops at your office, Governor.

It is hard to imagine a more misleading slogan.

I would not support any President unilaterally determining the fate of the Guantanamo Base without full debate and consultation with Congress and indeed with the approval of Congress.

the more things change, the more they stay the same, echoes of Vietnam, echoes of other large investments.

I have joined my friend, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, and my friend, Albio Sires, in being critical of the administration's rather abrupt change in policy and getting very little in return for it.

Help us understand how that we could arrive at that state of affairs.

If we are that confident that, yes, there are some failures we can point to put there are also some successes, then it ought not to be that difficult for Secretary Carter to respond to Mr. Sopko's request.

I wish we weren't doing this now because it is frankly designed to embarrass President Obama.

I just need to remind you when we were negotiating, when President Obama decided to normalize relationships with Cuba without Congress' consent...

This is an abhorrent practice. It cannot be tolerated in civilized society and it is perfectly proper for this committee to call it out.

I'm obviously not Donald Trump. I didn't make that up.

Irrespective of our politics or anything else, this is a catastrophic failure with our citizens.

I thought you gave a very eloquent, passionate, and suitably outraged opening statement.

That is not a tenable position, and I can assure you on a bipartisan basis that is going to be the point of view on this committee.

I have been a corporate officer in the private sector. I have been the chief elected officer in the public sector.

I am actually trying to help you here, Mr. Shelanski, but, you know, you are wiping your hands of this.

OIRA plays a key role in shaping hundreds of important rules such as those that safeguard food supply.

Despite the powerful impact this agency has on the lives of all Americans, OIRA operates mostly in the shadows.

Harry Truman used to have a sign on his desk 'The buck stops here.'

We expect the Flint water treatment plan will be fully operational and capable of treating Flint water prior to the date of termination.

this is arguably one of the most influential and consequential Federal agencies that most Americans have never heard of.