"I appreciate Senator Pryor's concern about children's GME. I also am concerned."
"However, before this occurred, earlier in the year, the OIG found that in 2009 and 2010 the embassy in Sana'a was, in fact, critically understaffed."
"Disasters do not stop at State borders."
"What is the status of the Terrorist Expatriation Act that you and I and Senator Collins and others filed?"
"I would encourage our citizens, if they feel compelled and moved, to contact those entities to do just that."
"We are all Americans first, and when we tackle a problem together, we usually prevail."
"I think that is going to bring a lot of cost savings that I think opponents to the healthcare bill have not recognized."
"I applaud you for holding this hearing on motorcoach safety today."
"A low birth weight baby in the first year of life costs on the average $51,000, putting aside the human cost to the child, to the baby, the family, and everyone else."
"None of that was scored as we know, the work that Senator Mikulski did and Senator Harkin and others."
"for nearly 4 years we have worked together to pass our Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act into law"
"One program in particular comes to mind which I fought hard for when I was on this committee, and that is full funding of special education, otherwise known as IDEA funding."
"I believe that every single dollar that is expended by this government should be subject to scrutiny and should be on the table."
"And under the leadership of John Kasich and our leadership in the House and Senate at that time, we were able to send President Clinton budgets that brought us not only into balance but into surplus w..."
"I am glad that the committee is bringing up the budget sooner rather than later and sticking with the statutory schedule that was outlined in the Budget Empowerment Control Act of 1974."
"I know that the committee will be discussing all sorts of different recommendations that will be provided by research and by staff and by the CBO and by other interest groups."
"It is critical and I appreciate your partnership in this pursuit, and our Nation is in a perilous financial position with our national debt over $14.2 trillion."
"So wouldn't there be the ability to work together and try to kind of find some type of common ground so everybody saves some money?"
