"We can just go across, would you support legislation that raised the safety standards in the United States to those of the other countries in the world which were mentioned in the BP Commission?"
"Do you think the United States should have safety standards as high as the rest of the world?"
"So if this Congress does not pass that kind of legislation would your constituents be unhappy, Ms. Randolph?"
"I am saying the highest standards, not the lowest."
"Why do people have to die at four times the rate?"
"somebody needs to send a message, and you can send it as we can send it to these industries..."
"Right now, a few dozen brave souls are fighting a nuclear meltdown with water trucks. We send our prayers to those heroes and to the people of Japan."
"We, too, need a seismic shift in our approach to nuclear reactor safety. I fear that we are not moving fast enough to take these important steps."
"We don't need to study these pills to know that they can prevent cancer. I believe that the Obama administration should immediately implement my law from 7 years ago."
"They are just like a toxic asset, literally and financially guaranteed by the federal taxpayers if something goes wrong."
"One of them is banker-in-chief to the nuclear industry, a socialist system that allows for the U.S. Government to provide taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear power plant construction in our co..."
"Are you going to reexamine it in light of what happened in Japan?"