"Well, regardless of that, why don't we do the right thing?"
"We have truly reached not just a crossroads but I think a crisis."
"I have told you a thousand times how important it is economically what you are doing there."
"the MOU that was entered into in 2009 practically handed over the judgment on whether or not to issue a mining permit to the EPA."
"I have got coal mines closing and people being laid off. And they say, why can't you do anything about the EPA and the Corps of Engineers?"
"Enhanced review process is an accurate description of what is happening because you have practically stopped issuing permits."
"I think you have surrendered to the EPA on issuing permits. And that is sad."
"Do you call these earmarks?"
"I thought we did away with earmarks."
"It is just a street-level uprising. How do you explain that?"
"It's time to grab a big shovel with a sharp blade to start digging ourselves out of this $14 trillion mess."
"We've got to go line-by-line and take an axe to programs that we simply can't afford."