Jim Himes actually said...

"Well, that's obviously their strategy here and so that raises a couple of questions. I mean, to all of us, and I include my Republican colleagues in there -- in this, they need to decide whether they ..."

"I couldn't agree with you more, that this is a whole-of-government, whole-of-society problem."

"I just, given the intensity and the urgency of this problem, appeal to every member of this committee and to all my colleagues and to Members of the Senate to let's not let the perfect be the enemy of..."

"For generations we have built our way to prosperity. But sadly, concerns in the last several generations about how to pay for infrastructure have left us in an ever more desperate situation."