"One thing we don't want is what I call the Carter Glass syndrome--Senator Carter Glass--very famous senator--the Glass-Steagle Bill."
"America is a land of diversity within unity, and that is our strength, our diversity within unit."
"I feel very strongly on this that Native Americans, including Native Hawaiians, have proven their loyalty through many wars."
"I have introduced legislation, H.R. 1578, the Fast Track to College Act, that would support early college, high school, and other dual-enrollment programs."
"I can just imagine how devastated I would be if something like this would happen to one of my children."
"We all, up here, recognize that your influence on education goes well beyond North Carolina."
"They would never have done that 5 years ago, would they, Commissioner?"
"Madam Chair, when my daughter was in high school, and injury on the job took place in my district."
"Thank you, Madam Chair."
"I defy anyone in this room to look around them and not see something, a tie, these paintings, you know, the curtains behind the chairman, every one of these things, designed by an artist."
"That is why I was so pleased to see that President Obama's budget will commit significant new resources to early childhood."
"You can judge an individual by how that individual spends his or her money. And you can judge government by how that government spends the taxpayers' money."