We need better forms of power storage. We need orders of magnitude increase in data storage capabilities.

How do we speed that up?

My Lord, we got Viagra before we could get this thing.

Well, that is the peanut that I am interested in. We will name it after Senator Santorum.

If we do not maintain our technological advantage in our military capability, our national security capability, I can assure you that the red carpets that are usually out in Europe for all of us who go there from time to time will turn to…

I have been very supportive and am a very strong supporter of putting more money into NIH.

the godfather of the hearing is entitled to take whatever time that he might wish.

Bless your heart. I am so happy to hear you say that. It mirrors what Senator Landrieu said in her opening statement, and I applaud that statement.

If necessary, we can certainly stipulate anything that you suggest in legislation, and we want to get the damn thing done. Is that pretty clear?

Now is a critical time.

you are right on the money in that respect.

Technology of the past cannot answer our needs for today and the future. We need lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles.

Mr. Secretary, in the recent Defense news article, it was reported that you sent a memorandum to Department's research directors and the procurement chiefs to stop the practice of requiring or asking our defense companies to 'supplement…

Seven years to get this damn thing done?

I look forward to working with you both at the Department of Transportation, and I take pleasure in supporting both your nominations.

We have a capacity crisis in our nation's aviation infrastructure, and unless we build new runways and build them faster than we are now, aviation gridlock will become a permanent feature of air travel.

I do not think that we need fast track to negotiate trade agreements.

This is a fundamental shift in the way that we are doing business.