Mark Begich actually said...

"It is great to be on this committee."

"Will you use your office to lead this effort, once and for all, to get a combined effort from a budgetary standpoint and from reaching the policy goals?"

"I should announce, incidentally, before I call on Senator Snowe, that both Senator Hutchison and I read the FBI checks on these two distinguished folks, and it is some of the easiest reading I have ev..."

"Should it be looked at? Sure. There is nothing ever wrong with looking at a system."