"I say to my colleagues, when we think of shift work, the days of factories are one thing..."
"But in a nutshell, it is a $370 million increase from last year. Is that correct?"
"we worked together on a bipartisan basis to pass the Child Care Development Block Grant"
"we wanted more money. Sure, we wanted more slots. But we really focused on a bipartisan basis."
"I need you to look into this. You know Western Maryland. You know those mountain counties."
"Has WMATA made significant progress turning around its accounting and procurement practices?"
"I asked the Inspector General of the VA to investigate claims that have come to my attention in my constituent area program."
"I really want to thank you for the job, and will do what I can to get you a juicy allocation."
"I would like to hear what is it that you need from us to give you the flexibility to do that, and number two, what are the impediments to do that?"
"I would ask the subcommittee to come up, if the staff would, just to validate the need and necessity for the MILCON request."
"This was meant to be an opportunity for veterans."