"If generating capacity of 50 megawatts couldn't support a payment of $5.3 million a year for the next 50 years, wouldn't it make more sense to allow this to move forward?"
"If by going in and starting this, someone would have to agree at the outset to pay $5.3 million a year every year for the next 50 years, it seems pretty unlikely that that's going to happen."
"But if someone comes along and says, 'I will do this, and I will pay $400,000 a year throughout the life of the project,' then, that would be $400,000 a year more than the Federal Government's getting..."
"If I'm right, then wouldn't it make perfect sense to move forward with this legislation?"
"I think it's appropriate for us to get input from the host state's legislature before we declare new wilderness."
"I'm uncomfortable with Congress declaring new wilderness as long as that shroud of uncertainty remains."
"Pakistan's influence on the fight against terrorism, its role in the region generally, its nuclear weapons capabilities, and various other factors make it an important, and a volatile, factor in U.S. ..."
"I favor market approaches rather than Government funding and intervention to develop a nationwide mobile broadband network."
"I share some of the concerns expressed by my colleague the Chairman, Senator Kohl."
"The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would create the largest wireless carrier in the Nation."
"Competition must be understood as maximization of consumer welfare."
"Our analysis of the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile should be guided by what will be best for consumers."