White House Chiefs of Staff

Maybe the model already exists and maybe the IRS is something we could look at, for a change, as a model for use at other agencies.

I think the issue is about trust in government and the credibility that government workers have.

I do not think the issue here is about the amount of money involved.

Immediately repeal all refundable credits and take the Internal Revenue Service out of the business of welfare program administration.

You need the brinkmanship. You need the threat of financial turmoil in order to accomplish what you want to accomplish politically.

I think the gentleman from Pennsylvania who spoke earlier was absolutely right. The people back home want us to do things. So I think the important thing to do now is to find out, why aren't we able to do anything? And I lay the blame…

I am enrolled in the ObamaCare exchanges, as are many Members of Congress and many of our staff.

But we are all counted in the 10 to 11 million people who have signed up for ObamaCare.

monetary policy has nothing to do with the global supply chain, nor should it.

you are sticking your nose in places that you have no business being.

the policies that the Fed has adopted are actually making income and wealth inequality worse.

I think that one of your Fed economists said it could be as much as $20 billion to $60 billion in money that will flow to the large banks that have the excess reserves.

And it seems like what we are seeing once again is a habit with the Administration... to not only not follow the law but to hold yourself to an entirely different standard than you are holding everybody else.

I could buy you 140 F-35s on just on what we're going to lose this year in tax refund fraud.

I would suggest to you, Mr. Watt, that we did just that.

I also appreciate your dedication to following the law and following the statutes.

I am going to do something I don't ordinarily do on this floor, which is implore my colleagues across the aisle to please, please, please, support this amendment. Let's take away for at least one day the ``R'' or the ``D'' from behind the…

Last Congress, I sponsored the Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act, which was passed out of this Committee...

I am concerned that the EPA's Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (LRRP) Rule could impose regulatory costs that are so high they would offset any financial benefit of energy-efficiency projects.

Does the EPA consult with the CDC on results of the agency's lead paint monitoring? If not, why not?

You've been there 5 years. The Obama administration has been in charge for 5 years. Where does this come from, if not from the top?

Seventy-six meaningful things that the IG and the GAO said were wrong at the Bank.

I suggest to you that it's possible that maybe they fudge the numbers a little bit and that it's insight into what is going on at the Bank.

The GAO in May of 2013 was extraordinarily critical of how the Bank talked about jobs.