"Saying to people, we can only compete if you work for less and lose your health care and pension, is not how we are going to keep a standard of living in America."
"Every other country seems to get it but us in terms of the need to invest in our own jobs at home."
"Thank you, Senator McCain."
"This bill, which is cosponsored by Senator Boxer, would facilitate additional water transfers of up to 250,000 to 300,000 acre-feet in California's Central Valley."
"Thank you, Senator Boxer. I look forward to working with Senator Bennett, with Chairman Bingaman as we move forward on this legislation."
"I think part of the reason both the Republican Administration and the Democratic leadership... focus so much on the recent delta legislation..."
"I believe that this is a reasonable and timely way to mitigate the most urgent impacts of the water crisis in California."
"I guess from my perspective it makes sense also to have offsets."
"I really commend the Secretary for moving forward aggressively on that process."
"It makes sense to me that we need both a floor so there can be confidence investing in new technology."
"if we move forward on cap-and-trade, we certainly need to address resources to make sure the CFTC is able to fully address all of the issues involved in this, which are incredibly important."