I think everyone knows by law that they have to do the census.

I introduced a bill that would give the Federal Reserve oversight over credit rating agencies when they analyzed the rating structure of financial products.

we like participation, and hopefully that will transcend with the census as well.

how money is divided and also congressional seats, something my State cares a lot about right now.

As we consider this legislation, I will be evaluating this and any other proposal on three key principles: One, does the legislation make food safer? Two, does the legislation hold the regulator accountable? And three, does the legislation…

I have been disappointed by the House renewable standard. I just really do not think it is going to get us to where we want to go.

However, we need mechanisms that work, not mechanisms that simply add heavy-handed regulation to low-risk commodities.

I do have concerns about certain provisions in H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. It is important that Congress get it right.

How long do you really think it is going to take the blue ribbon commission to produce these recommendations?

And at the end of all that work, why would we not expect a different political result than the one we saw in the current Yucca Mountain debate?

So I want to talk about permanent storage solutions because finding a real solution is the federal government's responsibility and I believe that is part of my responsibility here.

Are we looking out further, in your best guesstimate?

I do not believe it is within the capacity of this Budget Committee... to make a ten thousand-year budget projection.

I am the co-chair of the E911 caucus along with Senator Burr and we have been focusing on emergency issues in Minnesota.

I want you to know he calls it extreme rural, not just rural, extreme rural.

I hope you'll focus some on, of course, the mortgage fraud issue.

I've done a bill that Representative Ellison is carrying in the House.

It was an outrageous case.