"It is an honor for me to be here today."
"I expect Ray to run a tight ship for the taxpayers, and I think the President has chosen well on behalf of national security and on behalf of the best interest of America's sailors and marines."
"Senator Cochran's presence and introduction testifies that we are continuing today in a strong tradition of bipartisanship of this Congress when it comes to matters of national defense."
"I appreciate your statement that in trying to get your arms around this issue, one of the things we are going to have to learn is what resources are available to you."
"Thank you, General Shinseki, for your service, for your willingness to serve again on behalf of the United States of America."
"I am a veteran myself."
"I applaud that as a goal."
"I hope we can employ those principles when it comes to two specific things."
"assures that there will be direct access but it cannot assure that the relationship with the President will be strong or that the Administrator will have the presidents confidence."
"Well, if you look at the time that we actually spent in each area, given the fact that we spent less than 24 hours in any community, it would have been utterly impossible to do that trip commercially ..."
"Virgin Islands was one of many stops."
"We are not nearly as robust in this area as we need to be. We could have had a major catastrophe on our hands."
"Today, Representative Bennie Thompson said there's no jury in the state that would convict him."
"Michael Chertoff is the head of the agency. He has to absolutely bear part of the responsibility for the inaction of that agency."
"There's a bridge that connects my district with the neighboring state of Arkansas, that if that bridge is taken out, you would have to go 100 miles to get to the other side of the river. Well, it was ..."
