"Unemployment is at 9.8 percent. God forbid it may well go over 10 percent before we get through these difficult times."
"I think the administration should immediately suspend the plan to deploy H1N1 vaccines to terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay until such time that sufficient vaccinations are made available to the A..."
"This is a government takeover of health care. The American people don't want it."
"We can't borrow and spend and bail our way back to a growing economy."
"The American people want health care reform that will lower the cost of health insurance and lower the cost of health care. But the American people don't want a government takeover of health care."
"I encouraged the alliance to make energy security an Article 5 commitment in which any member experiencing a deliberate energy disruption would receive assistance from other alliance members."
"Could some say that, 'By and large, you just can't count on us.'"
"I will yield back whatever time that I have."
"As Senator Lugar has rightly pointed out, the effects on a society of seeing its energy shut off--deliberately, by an outside actor--can be just as devastating as any military attack."
"For decades, as you pointed out, discussions of NATO frequently have begun with the premise that the alliance is at a crossroads, or even in crisis."
"I'm curious about your thoughts on the problems that governments in Europe have in either making available to their publics word about NATO, news about NATO, reasons for the importance of NATO, becaus..."
"At Thursday's hearing, the question was raised on the level of cooperation offered by the Afghani Government regarding U.S. broadcasting efforts."
"The report explains that violent extremists 'are planning to use terrorism--including the possible use of nuclear weapons or devices if they can acquire them--to attack the United States.'"
"We should not say that there is--we should say that we are going to be there for a while."
"To what extent could we find the Pashtun, who stretch over Afghanistan and Pakistan and are at least at the heart of the matter, useful to our efforts?"
"In the case of the United States, there hasn't been an attack in 8 years."
"Reportedly, al-Qaeda no longer has a major presence in Afghanistan, although witnesses in our previous hearings have indicated that its reestablishment would be nearly inevitable if a Taliban governme..."
"Part of the debate here in the Senate and elsewhere consists of people who say we ought to have something comparable to Iraq, a surge of American forces going after whoever."
