"the fact is that this is a bad idea. This is not something we need. We don't want it."
"We have done numerous hearings about the Arctic, about the necessity of understanding the Arctic in detail."
"I am very, very disappointed in the administration in all this--as it continues to circle around and circle around what we know is a backup system that is readily available to us."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"What resources would be necessary to deal with this Arctic situation, which we know is the new Northwest or Northeast Passage?"
"Only last week an article ran in the Wall Street Journal entitled, 'Pilotless sailing is on the horizon.'"
"Our Nation needs a backup system."
"I thought that might be the case, the answer, but I threw it out there because we would like to get at this and have some assurances that these response mechanisms are actually in existence."
"Could you expand on that and tell us what that study is all about and what technologies you are looking at?"
"Your numbers are bullshit."
"Nobody on this side is talking about disarmament. We are talking about let us be wise, let us be smart, and let us recognize that there are limits."