"Since the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and the passage of the PATRIOT Act, there have been considerable discussions about certain law enforcement and intelligence practices."
"I guess my definition of fairness isn't the same as was previously described when 45 percent of the American people don't pay any income tax at all."
"should the Federal Government, through an agency like the EPA, be telling our children these things?"
"I totally agree. We recycle everything. We want to do that. We want a clean environment for our children and grandchildren."
"the Environmental Protection Agency is not the avenue for the government to address these issues."
"what are we planning on doing to reimburse businesses when this is, again, another indication of retroactive, I think, policymaking through regulation"
"how come in the original permitting process that the EPA didn't identify the waterway issue up front before the company investing $250 million in the business?"
"I have not heard from one constituent, not one, that what EPA is currently doing with the Clean Water Act is helping create jobs"
"I want to continue to encourage and urge the administration to stand with those that are standing in that now-bifurcated country."
"Qadhafi must go."
"I want to thank you for calling this hearing on what I think is perhaps the most important constitutional question since I arrived on the Judiciary Committee in 2001."
"This is an argument the American people are fully engaged in, and I think it is an enormously important debate."
