08/09/2009
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"I am deeply disappointed. We have gone through this many times in the last year or so, and I thought we had reached some understandings on Federal retirement contributions."
"I think the budget that you have presented is balanced in that you look at ways in which we can manage our deficit and get it to a responsible level."
"The cost-benefit ratios of these laws are well-documented. Multiple factors of 40 to one in the costs associated with implementing these statutes and the benefits that we receive from clean water and ..."
"I just would note that that rule was implemented only after I got a chance to speak."