"I believe in the free market, but what we have right now is a perversion of that market."
"How can you not have a compass inside that tells you it is not right, that there is a conflict there?"
"The insidious role of dirty money in politics, sometimes it is secret, sometimes it is not so secret."
"I will never forget this hearing."
"Let's get back, Mr. Chairman, to the days when we had cooperation on this."
"It is unacceptable. ... I believe it is a national problem."
"It is not fair that the child born there, just by circumstances of their birth, has less of a right to clean water."
"Useless mandates are ridiculous. They make zero sense. But common sense mandates based on science are critical."
"We have spent, so far, $2 trillion in the war in Iraq, OK? I care about this country."
"It is disgusting, and we have to fix it. And we can argue over everything. We have to fix it."
"I want you to know that my State has tougher environmental laws than the Federal Government."
"Is 24 years an unreasonable timetable?"