"I think Mr. Watt is right. We really at this point don't have a role to play, but this has been a useful hearing in outlining what the issues are."
"I remember back a number of years ago trying to get ahead of this program legislatively, and we just utterly failed."
"When I look at the book registry proposal it is like ASCAP and BMI for books, except it is not exclusive."
"I just think--I know we have votes--but this is a major step forward for literacy and for the culture."
"I think it is a smart approach and addresses a necessary topic."
"I really think in many ways what has happened in California is more of a political problem than an economic problem."
"This system would be cheap at the price for the taxpayers, if it came to that."
"In some parts of America, you can't do that. It is feed the kids, or donate; and the kids are going to get fed first."
"I think it would be good for the country."
"I think what we want to do is to help enfranchise people."
"We want to make sure that if there are Americans who are being disenfranchised, that that doesn't happen."
"it is not bad motives. It is good motives, but it ends up in a place where we are today that is dysfunctional in many ways."