He reads books of all stripes and persuasion, and he decided to read it.

It's akin to the Rosie-the-riveter type thing, because we are asking every American and every American institution to do quite a bit.

The president has made clear -- as recently as this Tuesday -- that he was not satisfied with the federal response.

There are different views expressed, there's no question about it, ... As the president said on Tuesday, most of those he meets with express support for going forward in the way and the manner in which the president has laid out. But there are those who have different views.

We're not going to be bogged down. The schedule is too full for that to happen.

[A White House spokesman, Trent Duffy, took issue with the suggestion that the administration had been slow to respond to the committee's request.] It's a lot of information, ... White House staff were instructed to collect information, and the White House counsel's office is working with Davis's committee to provide them with the appropriate information.