"In 2007, the Bush administration's Justice Department drafted legislation to close what is a gap and prevent a known or suspected terrorist from buying a gun or explosive in this country."
"I am concerned that year after year, the Centers for Disease Control reports that the United States has not made progress in reducing the number of foodborne Salmonella infections that occur."
"Last year, President Obama and I travelled to Fresno, California to outline a drought relief action plan aimed at mitigating the impacts of this natural disaster for farmers, ranchers and residents al..."
"Now, this started out costing $4 billion and being complete in 2016. It's now expected to cost as much as $13 billion and not be ready until the late 2020s."
"Of our stockpile of 4,804 weapons, only 1,600 are currently deployed, which means there are 3,204 backup weapons."
"Having reserve weapons may be smart policy, but maintaining two spares for each deployed weapon is excessive."
"I would be very interested in knowing how it went, what broke down, what was imprecise, what was very precise?"
"I very much appreciate the fact, Dr. Cook, that you're looking at it."
"I hope to cover two subjects in my 5 minutes. One is the hedge, and the second is a new nuclear cruise missile."
"I don't want to see us look back on this as we have looked back on one other project and say, well $600 million has been wasted."
"That would be excellent. And include in it the B61 and the number of B61s we have."