"How about warning signs? Red flags scare me. By that time it is pretty bad."
"The purpose of--we would not be engaged in this hearing, and you would not have this money except for one purpose, to create jobs."
"The President does have to do it all at one time or go home; and he ain't going home."
"I expect, frankly, that qualified minority journeymen and apprentices will be easily hired."
"We have decided that there are so many Federal facilities that it would be impossible to locate this money in just a few of them."
"Even as we were getting money for this program, we realized we were not going to get enough, and we put you at a terrible disadvantage."
"Look, I want more people hired. Guess what? GSA better have this work done on time."
"This is extremely disappointing."
"By the close of business tomorrow we want to see a personnel chart for the Recovery Act funds alone."
"I would like by the close of business tomorrow to know what the swing space is in the District."
"You see, this is the kind of inefficiency we have got to do without. You all should not be put to that."