"Some may say, well, maybe we shouldn't hold this, the hearing, and I said, 'No.'"
"I am incredibly saddened to hear of your loss, and our prayers and thoughts are with the families."
"What I would suggest we do as a followup is let's convene a roundtable with the Coast Guard and others, and then let's get their recommendations."
"I don't know if it needs to be in law, but maybe in regulation."
"I must first also identify my remarks with others today who have expressed their sympathy to and condolences to the United States Coast Guard."
"This isn't just a Republican idea or a Democrat idea. This is an idea for the American taxpayers."
"We are going to get that done, and it is going to be one way or the other."
"I don't know if you read the CQ one on the TSA hearing, where they Googled the--instructed the TSA administrator on 'let Mica ask one question and then take all the time so that he couldn't have anoth..."
"I want to know how much it is going to take to get this done."
"I returned $2 million to the taxpayers for operation from my committee this past month."
"There is nothing like a hearing to motivate action."