"People should be able to get now lower interest rates and people should have... an opportunity to take advantage of those rates."
"And I just wanted to say we are going to hold you to that."
"the best way to end the housing crisis, help homeowners, and save taxpayers money."
"I want an even higher standard than the 1 percent. I want zero."
"Let me make it very clear that if there is one dime of money that is not going where it is supposed to go, there is nobody I think in this room, and particularly not on this side of the aisle or the o..."
"House Republicans have cut $127 billion out of this program. That means that they would eliminate food assistance to some 8 million people."
"the reality is that the Coast Guard does not have enough money to do everything they are asked to do."
"You could be looking for the next 10 years."
"I want to briefly review the situation at MARAD."
"I call them the thin blue line at sea, and also I express my concern and prayers and condolences for the losses that we have suffered here recently."
"Perhaps the single most important thing we can do to ensure the safety of the cruise industry in the United States... is to ensure that the hard one gains and the Coast Guard and Marine Safety Program..."