"I appreciate that. Are you personally convinced that the new administration in Egypt will do what's necessary on their side in the Sinai to try to get control again of what I think any observer would say is the growing lawlessness on the Sinai itself?"
"One of the real successes in the Middle East... is the peace between Egypt and Israel."
"I guess I'm not quite as dismissive or understanding as you are about canceling that lease."
"It is the sort of 'Washington knows better' approach that was soundly rejected by the American people."
"It is important for us to try and work together with our friends in the environmental community."
"Rather than allowing members of Congress to dictate what light bulbs must be used in every American's home, my legislation allows the market to work."
"It gives consumers the option to decide what works best for them and avoids that one-size-fits-all approach that Washington should reject."
"People in Idaho are just going nuts and they are astonished that the federal government is telling them what kind of light bulbs they have to put in their home. Where's this country gone?"
"I guess a free people should be able to make that decision without the government saying you will put this kind of a bulb in your home."
"If legislators in a state like California want to force a light bulb mandate on its citizens, that's fine by me."
"We are very pleased that you included in S. 398 the consensus agreement establishing for the first time an efficiency standard for heat pump pool heaters."