"Kafkaesque. That is pretty impressive for someone from Louisiana."
"the point being, rates will relatively stay unchanged, but you are not including the cost of the waste."
"Thank you Representatives John Shimkus, Mike Rogers, Sue Myrick, Marsha Blackburn, Bob Latta, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, and Brett Guthrie."
"This is a really great hearing. I have been a Member since '96. We have dealt with this numerous times."
"Fifty-two counties is a third of the State of Illinois, and at that time we would have to airlift folks who are in critical acts."
"We are from rural districts. We are from districts that have problems with access to care and that is where our passion for this debate comes from."
"Now the issue is this, that in a court case what we should have--there is economic damages that should be recovered."
"It is curious that the extension of the Bush tax cuts occurred under a Democrat-controlled House, a Democrat-controlled Senate, and signed by a Democrat President."
"My issue is, we are triple counting."
"That is why coal will still be king because it does address the market issues."
"Waxman-Markey failed as a national policy through the legislative process because the public decided to not price carbon."
"We want to decrease reliance on imported crude oil."