03/02/2010
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"I have gotten to know Senator Akaka and his wife, Millie, and his family, and so I just again want to thank you, Senator Akaka, publicly here in my own State for your friendship over the years and the..."
"As Senator Akaka says, we have been looking at this for some time, and I just thought particularly for maybe some of the people here from the media to remind them that this program started back in 195..."
"I think you may have a window of opportunity between the election and the end of the year to perhaps deal with that."
"I can show you right now how you can save a billion dollars in your budget a billion dollars that you could reallocate to some of the things you want to do."