"Almost every Member that we come in contact wants to do the right thing."
"It has given you an opportunity to see how we make choices in a democracy, and it is tough."
"I think we have to be very careful. I share Ms. DeLauro's feeling that if we all paid our fair share, and we spent money wisely not only on the nondefense discretionary side, but on the defense discre..."
"I never see anything that says where is the cut? Where is the end to the tax breaks for the richest one-tenth of 1 percent of the people in this Nation?"
"This is a wonderful, wonderful device to make sure that we include everybody in the opportunities that America and the world has to offer."
"I was a sponsor, as you know, of the Americans with Disabilities Act. This is what is called in the act a 'reasonable accommodation.'"
"There is no greater advocate for children in this Congress than Rosa DeLauro."
"A former Governor of my State--famous or infamous, depending upon your perspective--Spiro T. Agnew, once said that the cost of failure far exceeds the price of progress."
"As someone who has long advocated for greater Federal investment in skills training and workforce development as part of my Make It in America agenda, I am eager to hear her perspective."
"Life is a series of tradeoffs."
"It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men."