"These are tough decisions, and, candidly, if you were designing this system today, you probably would design it a little differently than it is."
"If you are going to have it, it needs to be adequately resourced."
"I think we are seeing that. We are seeing algae plants. We are seeing agricultural waste being used in Florida."
"I hope that you will take that back to the President and tell him to get behind what some of us are trying to do here in the Congress to open up those markets in those three areas."
"I hope that the President will get behind those of us here on both sides of the aisle who have been pushing for market access."
"My personal preference would be that we make good on the commitments that we have made in the past."
"we should not chase bad money with good."
"Last summer, the President announced the creation of the White House Rural Council."
"We would appreciate the support of your office or any of the offices represented on this Committee."
"Following that announcement, I sent a directive out to all of our units that, as we move forward with any new building construction, renovating facilities, that we look first to using wood."
"We spend a billion dollars a day and we take hard-earned American dollars and we send them overseas."