"My position is really clear, and the administration is going to have to expect it to remain consistent, because that's what I want for these budgets."
"We've got to move forward toward a clean energy economy and this will help keep us on that path."
"I am very pleased to be here today to have the opportunity to introduce Peter Rogoff as the President's nominee to be the next Administrator of the Federal Transit Administration."
"I commend to you the nomination of Peter Rogoff to be our next Federal Transit Administrator."
"I did want to start by thanking you for finally budgeting some adequate levels of funding for the Pacific Northwest National Lab which is in my State."
"I do want to say to you that you have some great people working in your agency, from Coast Guard to FEMA folks. We've had a lot of weather-related disasters in my State and these people have saved liv..."
"The Winter Olympic Games are going to be held in Vancouver, British Columbia."
"I'm very concerned that if the United States doesn't have the proper tools and doesn't have a presence, we are going to be behind a lot of people very quickly."
"I was disappointed to see that the President's budget didn't contain the second half of the funding required to retrofit the Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star."
"I hopefully will have a chance to ask the witnesses today about the NextGen implementation and focus particularly on required navigation performance, RNP."
"I recently joined Senator Snowe in a letter to the Department of Transportation urging the Agency to take immediate action to address unmet safety recommendations and issues."
"Finally, the FAA must work to fix its deteriorated relationship with its workforce, primarily with its air traffic controllers."
