"I worry about compassion fatigue, not of our country but of allies."
"This is as comprehensive as a Federal highway system. We would never ask Department of Transportation to do it this fast."
"Doesn't that function like a triage system, things that look like a dog from the very beginning?"
"If I had spent 200 hours--it's just a stunning amount of time."
"Will in the hell this create jobs and do it over the short run and the long haul?"
"This program I believe is not stimulating the economy. It's simply more Government spending that is forcing our Nation further and further into debt."
"the wisdom of the President said that as we move ahead we will not only do infrastructure in roads, but in information superhighway."
"I'm getting calls from my Chamber of Commerce. We've got this co-op, just bursting with the desire to create jobs in the installation of rural broadband."
"We're actually going to be on time with this hearing, which is--Congress needs to take its own admonition for speed sometimes."
"We do not want to add to the cynicism of dysfunction. We do not want a techno-Katrina here."
"broadband is their tool to expanding private sector jobs."