"I think too often we try to take our programs and build up to a number, not really having an expectation that the number may be so large that the process will not get us where we need to go."
"Let us make sure FEMA has not put limitations on itself that the law did not intend."
"I think there is a necessity to try to align the agency and the work that you all do with the law."
"If we are to have a robust national drug control strategy, we must not cut the resources available for these efforts."
"The Byrne-JAG assistance grant should be funded at full strength of $1.1 billion as originally recommended by the Senate."
"If the policies pursued are not pursued with great care and restraint, this great machine we call America will grind to a halt."
"I hope that you will approach pending decisions on greenhouse gas regulation with great care."
"In too many respects, opportunities for progress on clean air have largely been squandered over the last 8 years."
"You will need to implement vital air toxic risk rules that have been shelved or unfunded by the last Administration."
"We need leaders like you who can build alliances."
"There is a lot of legislation we want to move while I have this gavel in my hands."
"In Delaware, we think of Connecticut as a big State."