Debbie Dingell actually said...

"I am glad to see my colleagues talking about it this morning and wanting to preserve it, because many times we seem to be thinking that it does not work."

"The Obama administration is on track to delist more species than any other administration has in the history of the law."

"It is not perfect; no law is. The last perfect law was probably the Ten Commandants; and in today's Congress, those probably would not be perfect, either."

"I hope as we undertake these hearings that we will always remember the contributions and sacrifices of our law enforcement officers."