"we are working with the administration to get a funding level of $6.5 billion for fiscal year 2010"
"But is this specific proposal one that you are looking at?"
"I appreciate a budget that comes to us that addresses that, and at the same time says we have got to get our arms around some very critical issues--energy, health care, education--in order to make sur..."
"We shouldn't leave this up to the bankruptcy courts. We should have a good, strong federal law that says these are your responsibilities."
"We are seeing oil prices in recent weeks hovering around $100 a barrel. And natural gas prices remaining at exceeding historic highs, which I think is adding great impact to what Americans are doing i..."
"That's why science has to rule at the FDA. And with this decision on Plan B, they have now said politics trumps science."
"So it actually costs the taxpayers about $3,500 a week and you can go on a cruise for $599 a week."
"So we could actually send people on six-month cruises for half the price that we're paying to actually have people sit at the dock."
"if this committee wants to reward those who want to take responsibility for their own projects, I think this project is designed for this committee."
"I think the time is coming when we are going to have make sure we coordinate transportation policy with land use policy."
"the people of Puget Sound, by their own decision and own vote, have decided to take on the bulk of the responsibility financially for this project."
"I would ask you to fully fund the $143 million in New Starts as well as the transit projects."
