"I am confident that Mr. Allen, if confirmed, will serve Kentucky and the nation well, and I applaud President Trump for nominating him."
"I congratulate Mr. Kenny Allen from Hopkins County, Kentucky, on being nominated to serve on the Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors."
"I am confident that Mr. Allen will work to serve Kentucky and the nation by finding innovative ways to make energy more affordable and reliable, including through coal-fired power generation."
"I think that is very troublesome."
"Madison wrote that the executive branch is the branch most prone to war, and, therefore, was studied--we gave that power to the legislature."
"What should surprise and worry us, though, is that it seems like they also argue that they have virtually unlimited power to initiate and to execute war, and that is where the real problem comes here."
"Let us not say that it is not silly. It is silly."
"What we need to do is have less silly research so we take our precious dollars that we have and they are spent more wisely."
"There is a possibility these studies are not silly and we need better titles so they are not silly, or there is a possibility they are silly."
"I think we ought to consider that you should not get to pick the people approving your money."
"the problem with peer review is that you end up with a group of people all agreeing with each other."