"Transit security is especially challenging due primarily to the very nature of the business."
"I do not envy the balancing act that must take place ensuring the safety, accessibility, and convenience of the transit system."
"Transit security is a timely and necessary topic."
"Thank you very much for holding this hearing."
"WMATA, similar to transit systems across the country, are constantly evaluating and evolving with new procedures, techniques, and systems to increase security."
"I want to thank the gentleman from Indiana because of a point that he makes about people in his district and Delphi employees who were not protected in the bankruptcy is well received here."
"But, you know, in my district and other places around the country GM essentially put people out of business like that, people who had auto dealerships in their families for generations."
"The Food and Drug Administration is responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of medical devices that millions of Americans use."
"many American citizens, as well as people around the world, would be surprised to learn that the Congress of the United States has to approve the local budget of the Nation's Capitol"
"funding is absolutely essential--and that is, funding from the Federal Government level."
"The Republican Federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2012, widely known as the Ryan plan, was passed by a party-line vote in the House of Representatives on April 15, 2011."
"I am concerned that there appears to be a systematic attack on American workers, and part of that attack seems to be designed to blame them for fiscal challenges facing the States."