"I look forward to working with you. We did so on Interior, and we will do so on this subcommittee as well."
"How much mandatory funding accompanies the $51.5 million in discretionary funding you have proposed for fiscal year 2012?"
"It is my understanding that the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund has a significant surplus."
"Would you let me know, please, because, obviously, I am vitally concerned."
"We do not believe money should be taken from this trust fund for other use."
"I am confident in NIF's ability to achieve ignition by fiscal year 2012."
"I want my grandchildren and their children to grow up in a nuclear-free world. I am going to do everything I can to be helpful to get there."
"I do not want to see, you know, RRW in disguise right now."
"I guess what I am telling you as chairman--I do not know if others would agree with it--but that is not the right thing to do."
"I want to reiterate my appreciation for the long-standing support of this subcommittee."
"the infrastructure that is constructed continues to benefit the economy for decades"