Daniel Akaka actually said...

"I think it would be appropriate, yes. We would like to keep----"

"I tell him that the three things you must do immediately is Medicaid, Medicaid, and Medicaid, because that is where 20 percent of the budget is."

"I think we agree that we need to make the Federal Government--and this is what Senator Voinovich and I have talked about--the employee of choice for the best talent in America."

"Our men and women who put themselves in harm's way to protect our freedoms deserve the absolute best service when they return."