"Thank you very much for holding this important hearing."
"We want this done and we are going to continue--we are going to try to hang it on every bill that goes through here."
"This was buried in a 3,000 page healthcare bill that was shoved down the throat of the American people on a straight party line vote."
"We don't know as much of the details as we should."
"Our standard of living requires us to generate and consume a significant amount of energy, and that energy must be produced somewhere."
"This is an issue that is something that deserves the attention of the U.S. Congress."
"We will not see significant progress on clean energy technologies until we are serious about the production of the minerals used to produce them."
"If that same thing happened between the United States and China... and they cut us off--what is that going to do to your business?"
"I am truly amazed that you have gotten to the point that you have gotten, and you are to be congratulated."
"Your reading is correct."
"I think greater attention needs to be given to it."