John Mica

Under the old business model with NASA and the Air Force, we basically choked the Golden Goose to death with red tape and over-regulation, launch fees and other disincentives.

Our goal here is to take this incredible national treasure that has a little bit of rust and a little mold...

When you said 5,000 jobs, if that doesn't make you salivate, nothing will.

Mr. Lee, always the protector of the environment with the Audubon Society, and will hopefully go away with a semi-smiling face today.

We have lit a fire under them, quite frankly, the last year, and so has Congress the last couple of years to move forward.

I think it is a very good choice, and we were impressed with what we saw yesterday.

My goal would be--we have gone from 18,000 down to 8,000, and I think you have started actually--he didn't take credit for it, the Director didn't, but I think we hit bottom, and now we are employing people using some of these facilities.

I want to again go on record that I strongly support whatever efforts it takes to get rail service.

I wish and hope that someday we can make a commitment to our space program, maybe 1 percent of our budget for 25 years.

We should be closing that agreement with them here in the next few weeks or so.

This is about jobs, this is about expanding the economy, not to mention there might be some revenue for the Air Force.

We want to tell you that you are a breath of fresh air from the West Coast.

And they are not interested.

That is a big economic generator.

This is a disaster for the working people of America and people without health care who need health care who should be covered by health care and then shifting the burden.

Millions of people who liked their insurance plan will lose their plan.

In 2024, there will be 31 million people still uncovered in a decade. That is sinful.

This is sinful that we are spending billions of dollars to set up this mess.

This was predicted to be a train wreck. This is a massive train wreck.

I really have to disagree with him on some of his opening comments.

I mean, this is in conflict with what you were using taxpayer dollars to try to avoid.

I think we have the most schizophrenic policy I have ever seen as far as dealing with a social issue.

Is the United States of America, under the Office of National Drug Control Policy, do we have any programs that you are aware of that are advertising to change the behavior of adolescents in regard to marijuana today?

Have we dropped going after marijuana?

I am afraid, too, we have gone from just say no and then we had I didn't inhale, and now it is just say maybe or just go ahead.