"Mr. Chairman, that is the most brilliant opening statement I have ever heard."
"It is deja vu all over again, because just last week at our rail and transit security hearing, we were talking about an enormous amount of grant money languishing in the coffer and not fulfilling the ..."
"only a pathetic 6.4 percent of the more than $1 billion provided for these programs--over the last 3 fiscal years, only 6.4 percent has been spent."
"For the life of me, I cannot understand why we don't get with it."
"Well, I will tell you what. Three years ago we created your office because States weren't applying for the grants and getting the money out there."
"Well, I have a slogan that I use frequently and that is, plan your work and work your plan."
"You are planning your work, but I don't see nobody working the plan."
"In Kentucky during the ice storm--and by the way, some people are still without electricity, and that has been almost 6 weeks ago--28 people died, some of them because of lack of communications, becau..."
"This is a matter of getting that money out there and getting interoperable communications in business. And don't tell me it is too complicated."
"As I read through the review of the inauguration, I am struck by four key facts..."
"Mr. Rogers. Mr. Chairman, we can't get to the bottom of this if we don't have the relevant parties here."
"I don't know why we need the Customs and Border Protection organization or ICE or any of the others, even the Department if we are going to say that it is okay to use false documents, lying to obtain ..."