"How about the situation--isn't it true that if you have a spouse in Colombia, let us say, that spouse would go to the U.S. consulate on Colombia and would present a marriage certificate or some document that virtually every nation in the world provides for people who are actually in a heterosexual m..."
"I think the clarity of the preference, the benefit--the clarity of the benefit provided to a traditional marriage relationship provides some help in keeping integrity in the system and its being abuse..."
"I think for the first time ever, this legislation would create a Federal recognition of same-sex marriage which is not the current law."
"By creating a new and a legally tenuous, I suggest, definition of 'permanent partnership,' we would be expanding the avenue for fraud and abuse."
"I think it does amount to a redefinition of marriage, contrary to what the Congress has explicitly stated."
"I believe this bill would make that more difficult."
"I would note, I think in almost every one of those countries they have far more controls than this legislation would propose."
"Thank you. Dr. Brinkman, you'll have the labs under your supervision."
"I do think there is a tendency for institutions like that to sort of settle into their own pace."
"The President canceled immediately the storage site at Yucca. He announced a 2-year, blue ribbon study on recycling. Those are major changes, both of which are retrograde direction for most of us."
"I think you're going to continue to hear from the Congress and Democrats as well as Republicans about our view on that."