"A lot of us were alarmed when it was discovered that the Census had plans for using ACORN as a partner in the 2010 census."
"Isn't that a dicey thing to do? Do you know of any community in the United States of America that would welcome terrorists, former terrorists, would-be terrorists, people trained as terrorists that ha..."
"This interrogation, rendition of terrorists had been going on before the Bush administration."
"Could you say here today that the top priority of your office as the Attorney General of the United States would be to protect the American people from terrorist activity at any cost?"
"The Associated Press reported in April that Mexico has seized more than 2,702 grenades since the start of President Felipe Calderon's term."
"The talk is over. Now it is time for action."
"But we would like to know for the record because we fund all these things."
"The proposed budget has welcome increases in the areas of science and exploration, and maintains aeronautics funding at an acceptable level."
"The Nation relies heavily on the Department of Commerce to maintain America's competitiveness within the markets around the world."
"The sooner we move these nominees, Mr. Chairman, the better."
"It's my understanding that section 505 of the omnibus clearly prohibits funding for new activities. Did Congress approve what you're doing, here, for the redirection of the funds?"
"The Congress explicitly provided $400 million to the exploration program in 2009 economic stimulus bill to close the gap between the Shuttle and constellation programs, as I understand it."
"Ares-V is the one that's on the books today."
"You have to have that type of a vehicle, yes sir."
"You're still committed to Ares-V, aren't you?"
"We may be the leader in manned space flight today, but the eventual ramifications of this budget, as I understand it, has the potential to ensure that this lead will end, perhaps forever."
"I would have trouble, Madam Chairwoman, supporting a budget that is poised to eliminate a real manned space program, and instead maintains the fantasy of one."
"This would provide--but it doesn't begin to provide enough for NASA to do all of the critical missions it has been asked to do."
