"I was really a bit surprised to see the condition--sort of an aged condition of the Kennedy exhibit."
"I have already had the pleasure of working with your U.S. Senator who chairs the counterpart committee in the U.S. Senate."
"I thank again Senator Boxer for helping assemble the witnesses."
"It is rail programs and we have $35 billion in the fund."
"I cannot again thank Senator Boxer enough for her hospitality in hosting us today and her leadership in the U.S. Senate on our first public effort here together."
"She has been absolutely delightful to work with and most cooperative in this new enterprise of the House and Senate working in an unprecedented fashion."
"We must stop sitting on our assets."
"Well, I'll try to be brief since everybody's about frozen."
"This goes on and on, a waste of taxpayer dollars."
"When you end up with responsibility over an important committee like ours, you try to set some priorities."
"That is certainly a laudable goal. But we all know that the money isn't there for that yet."