"It is very important to us, of course, that it be used well and effectively to protect and create jobs."
"One would look at that and say, how come so little is going out this year and so much more in the next 2 years, when we need it now, people would say."
"Most of the States have been under fiscal stress and they have cut back, some significantly, in the amount of oversight activities."
"I am very pleased that this morning, Vice President Joe Biden has released a letter to Senator Collins and me, indicating that his office is working on this."
"this transparency that you will find on the Federal Web site and now on the State Web site is important for many reasons"
"Yes, I think you are onto something, Senator Tester."
"We were really impressed, surprised, by the usage, the number of hits on the Recovery.gov Web site."
"That is because we are facing an economic challenge the likes of which we have never faced before."
"The Recovery Act itself and the President are very set on this being as transparent and accountable a program as we have ever had in the Federal Government."
"Part of why we want this money to be used to avoid the disastrous layoffs of teachers, for instance, is that, to say the obvious, you want to protect the jobs."
"the check is in the mail"