"We don't control the price. We don't control the price."
"Let us just quit BS-ing the American people that there is some way to control the price of a barrel of oil."
"Let us just quit this kind of talk and let us be real with the American people."
"What this Congress ought to be talking about is what we can do today for generations 20, 30, 40, 50 years from now."
"I think this political approach would jeopardize all the progress we made."
"you are one of the finest Secretaries we have had for Health and Human Services"
"IPAB is a useful backstop to impose some discipline on Congress to stop out-of-control Medicare health spending."
"the smart grid offers tremendous potential benefits. Modernizing the grid will make electricity cheaper, more efficient, more reliable"
"this is exactly the type of oversight this subcommittee should be conducting, ensuring that our government uses its resources wisely"
"If our company and franchise restaurants are forced to replace our menu board panels, we estimate it will cost approximately $1.5 million."
"Yet, as noted in my written testimony, independent research done to date demonstrates that caloric menu labeling has no impact on consumer eating habits."