"Are they going to be able to survive? And will that be good for competitiveness?"
"I think the wireless market was always held up at the FCC as a poster child for competition and a light touch approach to regulation."
"Before I ask a question, of course we're always glad to see witnesses come from the various states."
"Yes. Gentlemen, on the 313-ship fleet, we're really just giving lipservice to that, aren't we?"
"There's a widely held view... that if China really had the resolve to squeeze their North Korean neighbor on the issue of denuclearization, they could accomplish this in a way that really no other cou..."
"It's clear to me that you're quite satisfied at this point with the response of the Chinese Government in response to these two tests."
"I'm going to vote 'yes,' as a matter of fact."
"Thank you, and I am sure our witnesses realize that eventually they're going to get a chance to speak also."
"Statement of Senator Wicker."
"I implore all the parties involved to always consider the well-being of innocent people who have been evicted from their uninhabitable homes."
"These reports have increased in frequency, and now they're coming from other States."
"I appreciate Governor Barbour's service and leadership to the State of Mississippi and to the Nation."
"There is a great deal of insight that can be learned from Governor Haley Barbour's exemplary leadership during Hurricane Katrina."
"Hearing no objections, it is so ordered."
"prepared statement"
"Rape as a weapon of policy is completely--has always been completely unacceptable."
"This practice is immoral, unspeakable, inexcusable, and needs to be eradicated. There is no possible military or political justification for its use."
"It is indeed hard to believe in 2009, there's a necessity for having hearings such as this."
