The clear science is that we have to regulate runoff issues.

President-elect Obama has said that he looks forward to signing legislation that will return the traditional role of the Clean Water Act.

The Federal partnership in the Chesapeake Bay has been extremely valuable for promoting the appropriate type of remedial action.

I am honored to serve on the Judiciary Committee in this body. The last couple of years have been very difficult years in how the Department of Justice has been managed. We have seen abuses of civil liberties in the name of trying to…

I applaud the Chairman and Ranking Member for continually reminding all of us in the Senate about our responsibilities to balance the budget.

I would just like to have your assurance that the privatization initiatives are going to be reviewed very carefully.

I think we could be more aggressive in trying to move forward.

I opposed the privatization initiative of the Bush administration, the OMB Revised A-76 Circular.

That's one of the highest priorities for us, to evaluate how we can modernize the Helsinki Commission and the OSCE process.

I particularly want to just underscore the challenge you're going to have in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Palestinians.

Thank you for being willing to do this and to your entire family. I know it was a difficult decision.

I urge you to have transparency as this is developed, because there are some good ideas out there.

It is aggressive in dealing with the short-term problems that you inherited.

We need to be able to judge how we are achieving energy independence.

I hope that our investment includes public transportation, because if we can get people to work quicker and friendlier...

You have said that Congress did the right thing in giving the President the tools to deal with the financial crisis, including the TARP funding.

I think some of us question whether there is enough room in the budget outline you have proposed.

I would urge you, first of all, to keep us informed as to what is happening, what the facts are.

I would feel more comfortable if I knew that if through this open process banks do not meet reasonable expectations government is prepared to exercise sanctions against them.

We need their help, and they really do believe government aid is primarily directed at large corporations.

I do want to start off by congratulating the Obama administration for presenting an honest budget.

Forty-seven million people without health insurance is extremely expensive to our economy.

We have got to stop the hemorrhaging of people losing their homes, and I would just underscore that point.

I am concerned that we may not have enough direction from you now as to what is necessary.

We currently spend twice as much as comparable countries spend on health care and we don't have the results to reflect that type of investment.