"I have been holding a number of hearings in my State to talk about the lack of healthcare providers that are out there, and there is a direct correlation with cost."
"Well, in honesty in budgets, that is probably a proposal that is DOA when it gets here."
"the efforts that have been made so far to strengthen our banks and unfreeze the credit markets and stabilize this housing market have really failed to generate any confidence with the American people ..."
"I am extremely concerned about some of our countries in Central and Eastern Europe who are seeing increasing financial instability."
"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 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."
"So it actually costs the taxpayers about $3,500 a week and you can go on a cruise for $599 a week."
"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 would ask you to fully fund the $143 million in New Starts as well as the transit projects."
"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 think the time is coming when we are going to have make sure we coordinate transportation policy with land use policy."
