"I believe if you use current values for President Clinton's health care proposal, it would probably add up to about $1.1 trillion."
"We need to get to universal coverage for many reasons."
"I do want to start off by congratulating the Obama administration for presenting an honest budget."
"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..."
"I hope that our investment includes public transportation, because if we can get people to work quicker and friendlier..."
"I think it is an honest budget."
"We need to be able to judge how we are achieving energy independence."
"I urge you to have transparency as this is developed, because there are some good ideas out there."
"I encourage you to establish reasonable goals as to how we can wean ourselves off of imported energy sources, particularly oil."
"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 think some of us question whether there is enough room in the budget outline you have proposed."