"Competition with the private sector by Federal Prison Industries is an issue that is important not only to those of us on the West Side of Michigan or in Michigan in particular, but really across the nation."
"And when that dot bomb happened, the dotcom bubble burst, suddenly they were looking for business."
"I can tell you that when we explain it, especially for a number of the freshmen that are coming in who have not dealt with this in the past, you kind of get that same reaction where it is like, really..."
"Well, other than UNICOR, they are obviously not real interested in moving in that direction."
"Correct. Yeah. We all make it locally. Yeah."
"And obviously, by those votes, it is rare to see 350+ votes for anything, but you know, this was a culmination of many, many years of work."
"We don't think there is anybody who should be saying the race is done."
"We do take every opportunity to demand market access, and we saw, again, a very important step forward by China."
"We think China should undertake the same policies, that it would be only fair for us and very beneficial for the dynamism of their economy."
"I just wanted to gently correct her, when she had indicated that Europe is our largest trading partner. It, in fact, is Canada."
"Let us go prove to the American people that we can set aside bickering and go get something done that is going to protect the consumer and protect those who are serving the consumer."