"I think there may be a sensible solution to this problem."
"Other critical safety needs may go unmet if funding is diverted to pay for PTC."
"Let me be very clear. We want the safest possible passenger rail systems."
"I commend Senator Boxer on her leadership. She originated this thought."
"What Senator Boxer is proposing along with me and my help to her on this is good for waiting off strategic foreclosures."
"The most obvious policy step to facilitate more mortgage financing is rolling back the GSE's loan level pricing adjustments."
"I think it is important not to overreach. Uncertainty is an issue in the mortgage market."
"I think that would be an error at this point. I would at least extend the conforming loan limits, current conforming loan limits for another year."
"It is because of Senator Casey that we can track, in real time, the possibility of a flood and critical river level data."
"For me the mere expenditure of funds is not a measurement of success."
"this issue of child care is a bipartisan concern."
"I am incredulous that at the end of the day, United States taxpayer dollars go to the very people we're trying to defeat."
"the number of IEDs is dramatically higher."
"if we say we care about our kids, and as I've often said, every child is born with a light inside them, if that light is going to reach the full measure of its potential, then we've got to get a numbe..."
"I want to thank our witnesses for being here, and all of our colleagues."
"I consider each of the Members and myself a lover of this Nation and a patriot."
"The 9/11 Commission report, Congressman Hamilton, will be a book that we will continue to learn from."
"I think it is important and would like to join the legislation of Mr. Wolf and Mr. King of reinitiating I think the 9/11 Commission."
