"This is a national priority. It attaches the financial center of the world with the rest of the country with ease and reliability."
"Ray LaHood is here from the State of Illinois and he's had wonderful escorts to the table."
"I look forward to your guidance and leadership here."
"The current FAA tried to redesign the air routes over our region, New York, New Jersey."
"I look forward to working with you, Ray LaHood on these key issues as we continue the confirmation process."
"Ray, can we count on you to fight to get us the full funding to meet this law, to meet the increased demand for rail travel that we're seeing?"
"Safety you said was a principal factor."
"We're going to count on you. Tell me if you will work with the air traffic controllers."
"Our first and foremost task will be to restore the integrity of the Department of Interior."
"We need to develop our resources, but we need to develop them in a thoughtful and responsible way."
"We will embrace the ethic of renewable energy with a new vigor and a new resolve."
"We know the importance of technology in this committee, and how that holds so much of a key to our energy independence."
"This is a bittersweet hearing for me. My hermano, as we call each other, 'my brother,' is going to go serve the Nation, he's going to leave the Senate, where he has served with such distinction."
"Mr. Chairman, since you paid for dinner last night, I will try to accommodate you."
"We need to build a house of energy independence for America."
"I am, as you know, a fan of yours because of the work that you have done."
"What it does to the threats to childhood growth and health is awful."
"I called it a plague, the likes of which has never been seen in the history of man."
