"I strongly support the legislation that Senator Mikulski has been involved with that would give the FTA the authority to set up safety standards for our transit system."
"There has been no stronger voice in the United States Congress on this issue than Senator Mikulski."
"I don't mind being associated with Metro, I'm a big supporter of the Transit Authority."
"the Ramsar Convention has said it is a body of water of international significance."
"I appreciate that statement, and I am going to come back to it in a moment. But you still haven't quite answered to me, and I am against drilling off the Pacific. And I am against the North Atlantic d..."
"I am very much in support of that."
"I fully understand that, but you have the responsibility to set into motion the type of changes that will correct this failed system."
"I hope that you are reconsidering because I listen to you."
"As a New Orleans native I know first-hand the importance of the natural environment to the economy, the health, and the culture of the Gulf Coast."
"I understand the legal, but it was my understanding that the President has ordered that there will be no new exploration sites until the review has been done as a result of this current spill."
"I am against drilling off the mid-Atlantic, and I am going to do everything I can to prevent drilling off the mid-Atlantic."