"I believe having a Westerner, especially one who is one of the Nation's foremost experts on water and natural resource law leading the fight offers a unique chance for success."
"I have the pleasure of introducing an extraordinary Coloradan, Ms. Anne Castle for confirmation to the important post of Assistant Secretary for Water and Science."
"We need somebody who is capable of finding pragmatic solutions to difficult problems and building broad consensuses."
"Is there a need for a strategy to rapidly develop and deliver cyber capabilities for the Air Force missions?"
"So my question is, is the taxpayer seeing a return on this expenditure?"
"I voted against the second disbursement of the TARP money because I believed the immediate crisis had been mitigated."
"I want to thank the panel again and commend you for creating what I think I could characterize as a realistically idealistic approach to a world without nuclear weapons."
"I hear you suggesting he would have a fair amount of discretion as to what kind of body armor and protective equipment he requires of his men and women in the field."
"Are you concerned at all that this ability obfuscates a unit's true readiness status, specifically, if a unit operates with a limited amount of equipment or people?"
"General Chiarelli, does this account for the eight AABs?"
"General Chiarelli, when will we allow our soldiers to maintain a 1:2 deployment to dwell ratio?"