"I want to congratulate you on putting together a great team."
"The other is that the request in front of us includes $4 billion for grants to improve preparedness and response capabilities of State and local government."
"The other one, of course, is the one I asked about last year, and that is there is a request for $3.6 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2010."
"we need to level with the American people and the world about what kind of commitment we're going to have to make to be successful in Afghanistan."
"I am concerned about--and would appreciate your thoughts on--the pace of constitutional reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina."
"So you're all set in that regard."
"The Department promised me information on management integration initiatives with action plans and milestones."
"The cuts proposed in the 2011 President's budget are so puzzling, so puzzling to me."
"The importance of our Coast Guard cannot--I say cannot--be overstated."
"Gone are the days when public officials will be judged on how much they spend on a problem. Public officials will be judged on whether they can work harder and smarter and do more with less."
"I had a visit from Admiral Neffenger, who has been in Cleveland, and gotten to know him, and I want to say that the folks that you had at the 9th District have done a pretty darn good job and we're gl..."
"I would really like to maybe get Senator Lieberman and Senator Collins and have a hearing on this or maybe Senator Akaka to talk about what are the alternatives and how we can change that law so that ..."
"Well, the fact of the matter is that you're confident that the remaining teams that are in place can continue to get the job done?"
"The $5.1 billion supplemental for the DRF takes into account the recent arbitration award for Charity Hospital."
"Cyberspace was another one. You just glibly said we are going to hire 1,000 people."
"Can you guarantee me and the chairman... whether or not next year you are going to be in here with a supplemental because you underfunded this budget for fiscal year 2011 in terms of dealing with all ..."
"That's not just chicken feed; that's $71 million."
"I have to tell you, like every other Member of the Senate, I just love those news releases going out to my State that I am buying a fire engine or I am buying this and I am buying that, but I got to a..."
