"I would just like to have your assurance that the privatization initiatives are going to be reviewed very carefully."
"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 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."
"I think it is desperately needed."
"I do want to start off by congratulating the Obama administration for presenting an honest budget."
"We need to get to universal coverage for many reasons."
"Forty-seven million people without health insurance is extremely expensive to our economy."
"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."
"I believe if you use current values for President Clinton's health care proposal, it would probably add up to about $1.1 trillion."
"I think some of us question whether there is enough room in the budget outline you have proposed."
"I am concerned that we may not have enough direction from you now as to what is necessary."
"Our energy policy needs to achieve two objectives: One, energy independence, so we are not as dependent upon foreign sources of energy; and two, we need to deal with the global climate change and gree..."