"Cummings, this is just as important to us that we have safety on our ships as it is to you."
"I chaired the Subcommittee on the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and I am sure you are familiar with the Deepwater Project."
"I concluded that there is not one syllable that you stated that I disagree with."
"I am trying to figure out how we get off the merry-go-round."
"we're not the far right who thinks that government doesn't matter and we can't be the far left that thinks we can tax and spend our way out of all of our problems, because we need to meet in the middl..."
"In my opinion, this committee commits a massive injustice by trying to pretend that the views of millions of women across this country are meaningless."
"I understand the position of the religious community on this issue."
"The pill has a profound impact on their well-being, far more than any man in this room can possibly know."
"We should not try to solve our budget problems on the backs of middle class Federal workers while we refuse to ask the wealthiest Americans."
"I do not believe that the way to reform government is to attack millions of hard working middle class workers."
"And to hamper the weaker party in this debate, but not to require reasonable notice and reasonable chance to opt out from corporations is just not fair and it is not good for our democracy."