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To me, when I got here and heard about this law--and by the way, this law was not very well vetted out in the public--that they were going to put these mercury bulbs in every home, in every school in America, in hospitals . . . has anybody…
This does not change the course that we have been on.
I was discouraged. I felt the President took a pass.
The greatest threat to our security is our debt.
We have to get the numbers right, we have to get the policy right, and we have to get the process right.
Any plan for us to get out of this difficult fiscal hole in which we have put ourselves as a Nation must be a plan that will be implemented over a period of time, a period of years.
The time for delay, the time for gridlock, the time for debate is over, and we must take action.
With all due respect to my good friend from Maryland, this is exactly the right vehicle to bring this up. This is a vehicle of trust, and it is a vehicle that puts some teeth in an otherwise toothless thing. As far as human rights versus…
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You have correctly identified the serious concerns that I and a number of others have. I am delighted to hear your invitation to attempt to clarify these matters where we can protect the American people, which is…
Latin America is not our back yard; it is our neighborhood in a sense, and there's a very important distinction to make.
It's long past time for a fundamental shift, I think, in how we think and relate to this important region of the world
I just want to associate myself with those remarks.
If the brave people who introduced this bill to repeal this had voted with us on September 14, 2010, we would not even be here talking about this today.
We want this done and we are going to continue--we are going to try to hang it on every bill that goes through here.
This was buried in a 3,000 page healthcare bill that was shoved down the throat of the American people on a straight party line vote.
We don't know as much of the details as we should.
I respectfully request that you hold the record open, Chairman Casey, so that I can submit questions for the record.
Thank you very much for holding this important hearing.