"That is, Senator, really unfortunate, that TVA took a week before they said, stay out of it."
"I think that is very key. So one of your key demands, then, in speaking for the community, is to fully characterize what is in this muck."
"We cannot forget all of the stuff that is in this muck is stuff that is so dangerous that we pass laws to get it out of the air."
"We played Russian roulette tonight. We don't know what's going to happen. But we do know that Hank Paulson can save these jobs."
"voting against this bailout was playing what she said was Russian roulette with the recession."
"These infrastructure jobs aren't make-work jobs. They are important work jobs; work that has to be done."
"That's what Senator Barbara Boxer accused of White House of, for delaying a decision on whether polar bears should be protected under the Endangered Species Act."
"In November of 2007, I joined my colleagues Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer in requesting that the FDA test a variety of lipsticks for lead."
"Despite numerous requests, we have not been informed of the results of any testing."
"They talked about the fires, the destruction, the lives that needed to be rebuilt."
"We read here in the 'Columbus Dispatch' of Ohio, you own the two largest mines which recorded injury rates about a fourth higher than the national average. So, you know, let's not have a double standa..."
"This is as close as we have ever come to a dictatorship."