"I think their one-sided unbalanced approach is really going to cause great damage."
"I think we can all agree that we want a public education system that outperforms and outshines the rest of the world."
"If I have learned anything in my 45 years is that nothing is black and white."
"the extreme Tea Party ideology is so divorced from reality."
"Free enterprise and government are not either/or propositions."
"reasonable oversight of Wall Street excess is important."
"this is a real success story for our country and a great success story for our American families."
"I am very disappointed in my Republican colleagues because they continue to turn a blind eye to good public policy."
"Hon. Kathy Castor, a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida, opening statement."
"This is dirty stuff. Do we have the technology to address these issues? It is not clear at this point that we should be going gangbusters, full speed ahead, until we really can address the economic an..."
"One of the worst impacts could be to the climate. And colleagues, we have a responsibility to understand the impacts to the world's climate because climate change does threaten our public health, it t..."
"I am afraid the majority party's push to override those considerations will eventually come at the detriment of our communities throughout both countries."