"The Endangered Species Act... has gone in the directions that many of us would not like to see it today."
"If we are going to agree on what our deficits are... wet water is wet water."
"We must pursue meaningful immigration reform to fix the broken nature of the process before anything like this can happen."
"We must act. And I believe we can do so in a way that, thirty years from now, future generations of this country--both immigrants and non-immigrants--can say, they did it right."
"I have only been in Congress for about 5 months, but I served 2 years before that in the California State Legislature."
"It really started to scare those constituents because it is a way that they were able to get up to Hanford or Fresno to see doctors."
"When I hear from teachers and public safety officials and we talk from all the different Government agencies where we have seen so many cuts and so many things that affected people in their everyday l..."
"I truly do believe that was flawed from the day it was first put on the ballot."
"It seems a lot of the concern is getting San Francisco and L.A. connected in a quick manner."
"Why did the Authority reject the offer from the French high-speed rail company, and supposedly one of the best in the world?"
"Joe Simitian actually did a wonderful job on the floor if anybody has a chance to listen to his speech, because he has always been a supporter. But he voted against the project when I was there."
"I understand some of your members are concerned about the Authority's use of eminent domain."