"The work Chancellor Rhee and Mayor Fenty have done to reform the school system is remarkable."
"To expedite it, we have tried to--and I have inserted language into the Stimulus package on this--set up some sort of independent arbitration panel."
"Well, I would just suggest in my 16 seconds remaining that there are models that we can find in other countries, Mr. Chairman--in Japan, which has storm surge issues, in the Netherlands, where 60 perc..."
"Reinvigorate the Nuclear Enterprise is currently, your number one service priority."
"I think, rather significant increase in pre-disaster mitigation grants, that it is penny-wise and pound-foolish when we do not put money in on the front end to try to avoid the disasters and the expen..."
"The problem is some of these communities, particularly in our State--Cameron Parish, South Cameron, that comes to mind, Grand Isle--are historic communities, they have been here for hundreds of years."
"I am particularly concerned that there is not enough new support being directed to inspections of southbound traffic to disrupt the flow of illicit guns and cash that the drug cartels use to wage war ..."
"I think that this use of the mechanisms you have now put in place to work on this long-term recovery from Hurricane Katrina give us an ideal way to test some of these thoughts and build into the natio..."
"Thank you for honoring your commitment to come down to the Gulf Coast early in your term."
"Senator Collins and I introduced, and the Senate passed, an amendment to the budget resolution a short while ago for the next fiscal year that added $500 million for security at the Southwest border."
"We have allocated about $7.5 billion in the Gulf Coast for FEMA Public Assistance."