"We need to have strong management at NOAA, and we'll come back to that."
"Mr. Secretary, I want to come back to NOAA. The reason is that, if you look at your appropriations request, it's $8.9 billion for the entire Commerce Department..."
"We think the FBI has the right stuff. We want to make sure that we have given you the right resources."
"Those 3 months are really the follow-up months."
"I also believe that we need to pass not only the President's budget, but I think we need to pass what the President is recommending in rail reform, giving FTA more authority."
"WMATA does need reliable revenue streams."
"I would strongly recommend in the interim, people who have those concerns bring it to those that they elected to represent them in the workplace."
"I think this is what is different from our country. I mean, we have got to be able to get together, put it out on the table, speak uncensored and unfettered, and let us solve some of these problems."
"We all have to feel we are in this together. So this isn't about finger pointing and so on, rather that we all have to take ownership for the safety offices."
"I believe that there is a real commitment on this subcommittee, and people like Senator Tom Coburn had excellent ideas."
"Which then takes me to jobs, jobs, jobs, something that I know we share, on a bipartisan basis."