"We are refusing to ask the people at the very top 1 percent to pay their fair share of taxes."
"I welcome President Obama's goal of doubling U.S. exports within 5 years."
"Ensuring that our companies have an opportunity to succeed on a level playing field is a responsibility that only government can shoulder."
"We can do better. We need to do better."
"It should be obvious we need a new energy policy that promotes clean, safe, and affordable energy."
"The Republican budget for this year, H.R. 1, would slash DOE's energy efficiency and renewable energy budget by 35 percent."
"This is not an all-of-the-above strategy. This is an all-nuclear strategy."
"We urgently need a new energy policy, and I hope the testimony today from Secretary Chu and Chairman Jaczko will help point the way."
"But Japan is a highly developed country. It is technologically sophisticated as us and there is much concern in the U.S. that a similar accident can occur here."
"I think we have a responsibility in Congress, not just you in your position but we in the Congress for our oversight and investigative purposes since we write the laws."
"The Republican energy policy seems to be depending on coal, oil, and nuclear power."
"They say they are for an all-of-the-above strategy. That is an all-nuclear strategy to me."