I proposed, along with former Senator George Voinovich, that we raise the Federal gasoline tax about a penny a month for 15 months.

I think the Nation's engineers have evaluated our transportation infrastructure and given it a grade D as in delta.

I think that today, more than ever, Americans understand the need to develop domestic sources of renewable energy, and the need for us to become energy independent.

I think it was Senator Alexander who said earlier, mentioned that if you took all of the spent fuel in this country and you stacked it up on a football field it would be about 20 or 25 feet high.

I believe I mentioned, a lot of people think we operate under a culture of spendthrift, and what we are trying to do is to move away from that toward a culture of thrift.

I always joke about when you look up in the dictionary, you look up a particular word, you have somebody's picture.

how do we get better results for less money. That is really what we do. That is our bumper sticker--

Your many hearings highlighting the wasteful spending in this area has led to many improvements in Federal agencies and at the Office of Management and Budget.

I think the role of the Committee in shining transparency on exactly what is happening in the government is a change lever that the Congress needs to utilize as much as it possibly can.

In each of your minds, what are the metrics for success for the President's plan?

I have not counted the number of times that 'cloud' has been used in our testimony or our responses to questions, but there are a lot of people who are following the hearing today have no idea what you are talking about.