"Are we properly budgeting to carry out the activities that we've been talking about today?"
"There is a strong bipartisan support for moving quickly and having the resources available, and being focused on what I view, as a crisis."
"We believe these suggestions can protect Lake Michigan from an invasion of Asian Carp via Illinois waterways and simultaneously provide for commerce to continue uninterrupted."
"the challenge the Framework attempts to meet is not easy."
"I think one of the big questions for me is, How do we move much more quickly and much more focused on that as a long-term solution?"
"I look forward to working with you as the author of the language that is called section 136 retooling loans of the energy bill of 2007."
"I would just, first, thank you for the administration's strong support and your strong support for the manufacturing tax credit, what we call 48(c)."
"I think we are on the right track. I would just urge, working with us, that you continue to advocate for the level of resources that are needed for us to be able to win this race that we are in."
"I want to thank you for your ongoing leadership... in focusing us on long-term deficits while at the same time talking about what we need to do in the short run to create jobs."
"I was very pleased that the effort I championed on Cash for Clunkers had such an immediate impact."
"I think it is important to stress that different policies are beginning to swing this in a different direction."
"focusing on some kind of jobs-specific credit for business as well as unemployment extension... not only creates jobs, but that also helps us tackle the deficit"