John Garamendi

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There are three critical national security elements involved in the LNG issue.

Our Nation is facing a very tough budget climate and the President's unrealistic request only makes things harder.

I hope my colleagues will join me once again in rejecting the President's proposal and work with me on efforts to strengthen our merchant marine.

The issue of safety is of utmost importance.

Congresswoman Waters, thank you so very, very much for your leadership as cochair of the Alzheimer's task force here in Congress. Obviously, it is leading to some good pieces of legislation. Last year, when you introduced that legislation…

I thank the gentleman from Virginia for joining us and for his commitment to this very serious issue. There are approximately 5.1 million Americans who have Alzheimer's today, and it is expected to substantially grow. As the baby boomers…

``Alzheimer's,'' a word that brings fear and trauma to families all across America and, indeed, around the world. Tonight we are going to spend our time talking about this dreaded disease for which there is no known cure and which always…

The local agencies--police, fire, as well as mayors and counties--are very, very concerned about their input into the current study being insufficient or, actually, ignored.

I share those concerns, and I would hope that the study that is underway would take into account local highways.

These are American taxpayer dollars. They ought to be spent on American jobs and American equipment made in America.

I want to thank you and congratulate you and urge you to continue to really re-do the new version of GROW AMERICA.

I have always looked forward to a dialogue, a bipartisan dialogue, on important issues, and I didn't quite know that we would come to that at this moment while we await your staff bringing down their papers. In the meantime, I thank my…

If I may interrupt here for a second? Thank you for the courtesy that you provided to me in the Rules Committee when the liquefied natural gas--the LNG bill came up and when we talked about how we could use that strategic asset to enhance…

Mr. Tonko, I thank you so very, very much. Ms. Kaptur, we are in what we call the rapid fire. You have about 2 minutes, then I will wrap it up with another minute, and we are out of time. If you would, please.

Refinance your home; refinance your student debt. It is a bookkeeping procedure at the Federal level. Right now, those students are paying a very, very high interest rate to the U.S. Government, and they are held back. This is a major part…

We could borrow money at less than 2 percent now for 10 years, probably 3 or 4 percent for 20 years. Why don't we go out and borrow at 2 percent, refinance that debt, and let them pay 2\1/2\ rather than 6, 7, 8, and 9 percent?

It is exciting, Ms. Kaptur. It is very, very exciting that a policy statement, a law put forth by 435 of us here and 100 over in the Senate can really dramatically alter America's economy and do it in a way that doesn't really cost us more…

Speaking of bridges falling down, this is the Interstate 5 bridge in northern Washington State that fell down 2 years ago. Interstate 5 is the main intercontinental highway from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon, and Washington…

Thank you so very much, Ms. Hahn. The proposal that you put forward almost seems magical. If it was magic, you would have figured it out--and you did--but to use money that is already going into the general fund and divert it back to what…

Thank you so very much. I have enormous respect for the two of you, and this issue has been before us many, many times. If we wait for a comprehensive tax reform, the tar sands may be totally eliminated and used up. We have an opportunity…

I thank the gentleman. As a new insurance commissioner in California in 1991, I had lots of problems with pensions, a lot of problems with insurance companies going broke. I was summoned to Washington to appear before the Commerce…

I thank you very much, Mr. Tonko, for joining us tonight. I also thank my colleagues, Mr. Fattah from Pennsylvania and Ms. Speier from California, for joining us on this important subject. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time…

Well, thank you so very, very much. I am going to turn to my colleague from our normal East-West dialogue here that we have done so many days, so many times over the last few years. Mr. Tonko, thank you so very much for joining us once…

Thank you so very much, Mr. Fattah, and thank you for your role on the Appropriations Committee trying to move the money into this research so that we can address this. You mentioned the Staglins out in California and their project, which…