"I must tell you, it is just shocking, because remember the last hearing that we had, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Cummings, the last hearing we had, we had to have it because these gentlemen refused to even talk to the Inspector General."
"Now, there is partisan politics that shouldn't be happening here in this hearing."
"But what we had with TARP was this perversion of the process where each and every person sitting around the table suddenly became the Treasury Department."
"the ability of people with disabilities to be included in every recreational opportunity is enshrined in the Americans with Disabilities Act."
"As bad as this is, I understand that a variety of different budget scenarios may cause MSP to actually have to push as many as 10 vessels out of the program."
"the first thing you ought to put on that list is end sequestration."
"And what would the impact be on our national security and the viability of our merchant marine if vessels were forced to leave the MSP program and if they then decided to leave the U.S. flag?"
"Administrator Jaenichen... has asked for the opportunity to work with us to figure out how to make sure that within the Department of Transportation, they are doing all of the things necessary to enfo..."
"preserve what you have. Protect what you have."
"So that is a major problem."
"If we can send a man to the moon, we ought to be able to resolve these issues."