"I like the idea of a block buy because it does commit the Congress to the future."
"We should ask that subcommittee to ask the U.S. Navy, are there any military requirements for the U.S. Navy in the Arctic."
"The arguments made by the National Science Foundation are important and perhaps provide us with the final answer."
"Within the next 6 months, this committee and Congress are going to have to make some final decisions about the icebreakers."
"Just a final comment. A couple of decisions are going to have to be made by us..."
"If you're going to build an icebreaker, build a heavy because it can do the job of the medium as well."
"Mr. O'Rourke, you argued strongly for a block buy."
"the importance of making sure that these dollars that are ultimately coming from taxpayers, Federal or State, go to create American jobs."
"the high-speed rail program is under construction, it is having dramatic effects immediately in California in an area that has suffered historic underinvestment in our State."
"As I have committed to you and I commit here today to your colleagues, we will not seek waivers from those provisions unless we get to the most extraordinary circumstance that we have plumbed the dept..."
"We will never build a high-speed train in America unless the High-Speed Rail Authority in California simply says, 'It will be American-made.'"