Mike Thompson actually said...

"I represent a number of ports in my district on the West Coast. And I have seen firsthand how deferred maintenance and a lack of funding and attention has really hurt our area."

"You will keep the committee posted so we know what we can do, because this is an emerging technology that is really important in getting our economy going."

"Our American businesses and our renewable energy industry is going to do nothing but suffer under the weight of this very unfair and weighted practice."

"I do not want to understate. I just want to point out that if it is a little bit or a lot, that means car loans, the price of a car loan goes up, the price of a home loan goes up, the price of a small..."