"It is as if, with the other subjects we have talked about--it is worth remembering where we were not very long ago and where we are today, which helps gives us the sense of inevitability that basicall..."
"Let me just say for the record before we go that the record will be kept open for 1 week for members of the committee."
"It is incredibly courageous what these Syrian opposition figures--the protesters--are doing every day."
"I had teamed up with Senator DeMint to call for these sanctions."
"Mr. Assad must step down from power."
"What we have to say to President Assad can be summed up very briefly: step aside and allow your people to begin the peaceful, orderly transition from authoritarianism to democracy."
"The opposition's ability to come together, because of the Turkish facilitation, is a tremendous accomplishment."
"I, frankly, believe we had an impact. We had an impact by raising the issue, and police departments themselves began to self-police and find better ways."
"I am glad, I could not be more glad, that crime has fallen in so many American communities."
"Wouldn't that begin to redefine the relationship if we use behavior, we did training, and we begin to dumb down or lower down these dispassionate statistics?"
"We must also be certain that our Federal Government is not carrying out the requirements of this plan in a heavy-handed manner and placing an undue burden on states and localities at a time when we ne..."
"It is imperative for Members of this Subcommittee to understand what is being asked of the counties, cities, and towns who are covered by the TMDL."
"There is too much at stake for the use of an inaccurate model, and I hope to hear from EPA about steps it is taking to address these questions and concerns."
"I stated that I believed that this topic is one of the most important matters this Subcommittee will examine and nothing has changed my mind."
"I believe this topic is one of the most important matters this Subcommittee will examine, and nothing has changed my mind on that."
"If you have moral convictions, you can keep them, just don't try to impose them on everybody else."
"opening statement"
"We have an extraordinary opportunity--we and the world--to take this historic moment and nudge it, push it, do whatever we can to have it move in the right direction of a flowering of democracy."
