"This is a really great hearing. I have been a Member since '96. We have dealt with this numerous times."
"Now the issue is this, that in a court case what we should have--there is economic damages that should be recovered."
"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."
"My issue is, we are triple counting."
"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."
"You better be double-checking your facts because we are not through with this debate on legal authority."
"Waxman-Markey failed as a national policy through the legislative process because the public decided to not price carbon."
"Wouldn't it make sense to have one center location for storage of high-level nuclear waste?"
"That is why coal will still be king because it does address the market issues."
"The folks who are holding the nuclear waste in pools think it is pretty long-term right now."
"We want to decrease reliance on imported crude oil."