"We are very excited about the nuclear--expansion of nuclear."
"As a Senator who's represented oil and gas, which is tough these days, I have to hear my colleagues say to me, 'We don't want an oil and gas facility anywhere near us.'"
"The GAO was disappointed with the Postal Service's responses and believes that the Postal Service has yet to make a case for urgent relief while charting a course forward to fiscal viability."
"I have joined Senator Carper in supporting a 2-year reprieve from this requirement to help the Postal Service weather the current economic crisis."
"Our postal reform law was crafted with great care and with the assessment of enormous amounts of information and viewpoints from a wide variety of sources."
"I think, in large measure, these lands, perhaps because they lie under great depths of water, are not recognized as part of this agency's responsibility."
"Opportunities have been squandered for years, and it's time to get that fixed."
"It truly, in some ways, is a dream come true, for some of us, to have a person of your caliber and integrity and pureness of heart to run an agency that--and Department--that is truly in need of extra..."
"I am here for two reasons this morning, and I will be brief. One is to reluctantly support my friend Ray Mabus for Secretary of the Navy, only under the condition that he be fair to the State of Louis..."
"Can this committee count on you to go to bat in the atmosphere of these troubled financial markets?"
"I would just urge you to be careful about the comment about 4 percent."