Thank you for your stalwart stewardship and leadership in these troubling, trying, but ultimately encouraging months.

The week that Barack Obama and Joe Biden were inaugurated as President and Vice President, that week the number of folks filing for Unemployment Insurance was 628,000 people.

It was a bad choice. We are going to do everything we can to reverse that.

Do you expect future rules to be implemented this late in the game?

I urge my colleagues to keep that in mind.

I was encouraged by much of what was in the President's Climate Action Plan. However, I was surprised and in fact, disappointed to see what was not included...

I am delighted we are having this hearing, and I commend you and Senator Hatch for holding it.

We have seen the deficit come down from about $1.4 trillion in 2009; last year it was only $680 billion.

If we are serious about deficit reduction, we need to do three things.

How could we help in this regard, other than passing legislation, which I would like to see us do, but how can we help short of that?

The two Cs are also--communicate and compromise--the secret to a vibrant democracy.

It is clear that the Caterpillar licensing transaction fails the arm's-length standard.

Caterpillar used to pay taxes on almost all of its parts profits. That was before 1999.

Congress needs to pass the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, which I and others have introduced.

The IRS has to step up its enforcement to stop the multinational offshore profit shifting.

We are in a country where over half of the people in our country now are obese or on their way to being obese.

If we were to take another look at the Federal freight policy, what advice would you give us for how to plan our investments and develop projects?

I think mayor is a great job. Especially when the economy is getting better, as it is.

The multi-modal, the multi-transportation options are so critical.

I am really pleased, Madam Chair, and David, to have a chance to hear from our State and local folks.

Things are worth having if they are worth paying for.

I am Tom Carper, and I approve this message.

I was pleased to play at least a modest role in helping draft MAP-21, our last transportation bill.

I would just say, Madam Chair, to our witnesses, if you took a compass, and you put the point of it the Wilmington Train Station...

I would like to be one of the Big Four.