"What do you say to the charge that the U.N. sanctions have been so watered down and so weakened that they're relatively meaningless?"
"I am concerned we are distorting the economy in Afghanistan by paying interpreters so much money."
"What do you say to that? I know Senator McCain was pressing on this yesterday."
"I want to ensure that all rulemakings and new mandates are appropriately researched and founded in facts."
"I think we should be careful to make sure the specific amounts requested actually relate to the actual cost."
"With regard to the imminent hazard authority, the Federal Railroad Administration doesn't have this."
"I appreciate the Committee's efforts to address that issue."
"I'm concerned about that."
"I do have reservations about the bill in its current form."
"I am interested to learn more about the budget authorization increases in the bill."
"I have a great deal of confidence in NAS, for example, that they will apply sound science and call it by the numbers."
"So, are you saying that I am mistaken in the premise of my question, that the Federal Railroad Administration does have the authority, to the extent that it is envisioned in the proposed Act?"
"I have several reservations about the bill, in its current form."
"a number of people are concerned about the privacy implications of the data that will be collected under the bill."
"Would this be so unusual, Mr. Newman, that it should have been considered a warning sign that this well was problematic and you should have been more careful?"
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Can you think of any reason why, in this instance, that the oil would not come to the surface and cause this plume or mist of particles that NOAA testified about?"
"OK. And you have not received interim reports."
