"It is up to us to open the markets, to make sure that access to U.S. markets is contingent upon our access to theirs."
"I think it would have much less of an effect, in that I think they could sell it elsewhere."
"Material submitted for the record by the Honorable Brad Sherman"
"The effect of energy on our national security cannot be overstated."
"If the pipeline was to U.S. markets in the Middle West we wouldn't have this issue."
"Is there any way that we can use the housing stock that has already been constructed to meet these needs?"
"We have a shortage of housing for the homeless. We have an incredible shortage of money here in the Federal Government."
"One thing I think we tend to agree on here is we want to give consumers as much choice as possible."
"I assure you, it is smaller and the people who live in it are more working class than those in the $250,000 houses in much of North Carolina."
"We may have expensive homes, but we do pay our mortgages."
"A 15 percent decline in home values nationwide would do more to increase the Federal deficit than anything I can think of."