Richard Shelby actually said...

"I am eager to hear what the Department, working in concert with NOAA, can do to ensure that future missteps do not occur."

"I am pleased to be working with you again, Madam Chair, on the CJS Subcommittee and I am eager to begin the discussion of the President's fiscal year 2014 budget proposal."

"Dr. Blank, I have got to find out more about that."

"This is not because the Federal Government is throwing money at it. It is happening because it makes good economic sense, I believe, for companies to locate their facilities here."