We have been trying to find that common ground and find those areas of agreement.

We have recently had a major victory in a bipartisan manner, working with Governor Christie, to overhaul our State's bail system.

From my standpoint, a rigorous dose of community reparation and those types of programs, community service, I think is probably appropriate for people that have committed crimes.

I think that a very appropriate part of my punishment, if it was not confinement in a prison, would have been a lengthy term of community service working with people who are addicted to drugs and with families that are suffering from the…

I think your points on solitary confinement are dead on and we need to fix that.

I think what you have seen in this hearing is that there is a great deal of bipartisan agreement that what we are doing just is not working.

one of the things I am working with Senator Booker on is a 'ban the box' for Federal employees to serve as an example, so hopefully something like that would work to give people the opportunity to get a job.

I think we can only draw the conclusion that in terms of curbing substance abuse and addiction, that those laws are a failure and that locking people up for drug offenses, particularly low-level non-violent drug offenses, is a huge waste…

I mean, I think if any member of this Committee had the opportunity to meet the hundreds of women that I did time with, you would probably walk away from getting to know those women with a deep feeling that their confinement in a prison…

We have an uncompetitive tax system forcing companies, in order to survive, to take over that corporate ownership.

We have such an uncompetitive regulatory environment.

In attempting to defend its work, the VA Inspector General criticizes and demeans the very individuals its healthcare inspection failed to protect in the first place; the victims and whistleblowers of the Tomah VA Medical Center.

the reality of the situation is we have an uncompetitive Tax Code, and if U.S. businesses do not respond to that, they will be put out of business because they will not be able to compete.

This is an excellent first hearing, so thank you.

If you are a global manufacturer and you want to take advantage of what I think we have in terms of global advantages, competitor advantages, we are the world's largest market here in the United States, right?

I have often said that the first step in solving any problem is you have to properly define it and you have to admit you have it.

It is not that hard to do. What is difficult is developing the political will and achieving those compromises to actually enact it.

That actually was 10 seconds.

We need to be concerned about the events in Greece.

I just want to understand, why did Europe do it? What would have been so terrible about letting Greece exit?

Let us to consider lessons learned first by going back to the history of Greece.

Our regulatory environment is onerous. There are numerous studies pegging that at about $2 trillion per year.

I think the concern is it is going to go the one way where people have said that it worked pretty well for them.

I am not an economist. I am a business guy, so I have done a lot of strategic planning.

So let me ask you, how are we getting away with this when we have almost doubled the debt per capita? Why are we not seeing riots in the streets?