"They are disappointed by the budget's proposed version of critically needed and currently dedicated funding for coastal Louisiana in the Mississippi River delta."
"The Obama Administration's goal to take this away reminds me of a quote from Joseph Heller, 'Mankind is resilient. The atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow.'"
"Does President Obama hate Louisiana?"
"I am incredibly, I cannot put enough hyperbole in front of this, opposed to the Department's budget proposal to deprive the Gulf Coast states of the revenue promised under the Gulf of Mexico Security ..."
"I must yield back."
"Now I look at that $5.7 billion as basically forcing manufacturers overseas for anything that is energy intensive."
"It does seem if you raise the cost of that energy production by these measures ultimately you increase the input and change the model so companies are more likely to move overseas."
"Mr. Cohen, Senator Warren just characterized this as a broken system, and yet you point out that unions are winning an increasing percentage of the elections."
"I do think it's important for the record that for childhood immunization, the Affordable Care Act has really, not hurt, but it has certainly not augmented that which was previously there."
"Some of it's stable. I just am wondering about Senator Murray's statement--and you seemed to concur--that the Affordable Care Act may have improved immunization rates."
"I am struck that some people are just born entrepreneurs."