When you go into public service, you understand you're trading something. You want to feel good about what you do, but you're not going to make what people in private sector make.

I'm going to help the committee regardless of any position I have. I will volunteer to be a summer intern.

These last few years we've seen an unacceptable abuse of power, having a president whose priority is expanding his own power.

Congress is supposed to provide oversight, the voters are supposed to provide oversight. And you [the media] were supposed to provide oversight. That's why you have special liberties and that's why you have special protections.

What do we do with a president who can basically change what Congress passed by attaching a letter saying I don't agree with this part or that part?

The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction.

I am not surprised that the president of the United States called this a phony scandal. I'm not surprised Secretary Clinton asked, "What difference does it make?" I'm not even surprised that Jay Carney said Benghazi happened a long time ago. I'm just surprised at how many people bought it.