"It is incredibly important in the health care area."
"I think you have to be very careful because you want--at the end of the day, we all want the patient to get the care that they need."
"I have found it very helpful. I know it is helpful for Mayo and these other groups that have done so well to be able to have that research."
"So you want to make sure that any privacy language we have in the stimulus package does not limit the ability of Mayo or other providers in sharing this de-identified data."
"I brought up deliberately this concern of State-by-State regulation."
"modernizing our air traffic control system should be a key priority."
"Railroad competition has all but disappeared."
"It's our responsibility to work in a bipartisan manner on this issue."
"a bridge just shouldn't fall down in the middle of America, not a six-lane highway, not a bridge that is just six blocks from my home where 13 people died in this tragedy."
"fixing these bridges and roads and other infrastructure rail won't be easy. But I would say that will be my leading concern."
"I think it encourages people to suddenly find other meetings they have to go to."
"I missed Senator Lautenberg's opening, but I'm sure he stressed the importance of Amtrak."
"I think we have come to be convinced that the answer may not just be E85, it may be just lower level blends in all of our fuel."
"I just couldn't believe. One of my worst memories of this time period was sitting out there secretly reading that endangerment finding."
"I have been very concerned in the last 8 years that the EPA has been operating in an evidence-free zone."
"I just think is sort of a pathetic example of how the Federal Government is lagging behind."
"We can work hand in hand with job creation in the energy area through climate change policy."
"I for one believe we shouldn't be pulling the rug out from under it."