"I just had a comment very, very briefly to follow up with Senator Sessions'."
"President Obama and Members of Congress should be congratulated for including an additional $1 billion in the President's stimulus bill to enhance the Bureau's enumeration activities in 2010."
"It is essential that there is an ethnically and racially diverse workforce, from the staff in the district offices to the enumerators in the neighborhoods and barrios."
"I think it is very important that Congress provides the Census Bureau with adequate resources to undertake the mammoth task of achieving a fair and accurate count."
"I've never really understood why existing hydro, in this debate, is not given more credit as a renewable energy source."
"It is a critical part of making sure that we are allowed to make our contribution to the solution."
"It's important for us to ask questions about how any standards we do set will ensure equity among the various regions."
"But, in terms of what you're saying, the contribution of carbon--I mean, obviously, that doesn't exist with hydro."
"We need to take steps to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions."
"But, Mr. Furman, do you agree with Mr. Jones that, under the current law that we are reviewing right now, the current draft, that the biomass definition--or do you say, Mr. Jones, the wood products--i..."
"I have not seen the country more ready to embark in a new direction, but it has to be a direction that makes sense to them, with clear and defined goals."