"So when you say it is a priority, I want to know what does a priority--how does things change in the Department?"
"What are you going to do to promote and be part of educating people on hate crimes, for being proactive?"
"I think we have a very serious problem in this country."
"As a native Detroiter like myself, born and raised and educated in the city, affordable housing in the HUD budget is extremely important to me..."
"I disagree with your philosophy. Thank you, and I yield back."
"The TIGER grants, which we now call a bill, has proven to be a successful cost-saving, cost-effective program."
"Your tilt, it appears, towards rural projects, discounts the significant needs of urban communities, like those in my district."
"If we continue to just address rural, we are going to have an even greater problem."
"If TSA employees are reluctant to raise these security deficiencies they observe, couldn't that put aviation security at risk?"
"It is critical that this nation's security--for our nation security, that the TSA have a personnel system in place that protects whistleblowers from retaliation."
"I represent Detroit. I represent the Motor City. I have GM as the world headquarters."
"It is, for me, a giant failure if we are going to be behind the eight ball, all the technology is ready."