"I certainly appreciate his desire to open up that band, but I also want to thank the Committee for slowing down that process."
"We have to get this right."
"We will recognize a very unfortunate 5-year anniversary of the worst oil spill disaster on land in the United States."
"Let us remember that pipelines can also be an operation that is fraught with potential problems."
"This is a big job ahead of you but one that is absolutely critical."
"How do you clean that up? It may not even be possible to clean up until it does absolutely catastrophic damage to the environment and to the drinking water supplies for people."
"Even today, U.S. researchers continue to search for the next big thing, that game changing innovation."
"Without question, scientific discovery and technological breakthroughs drive our understanding of the world."
"The Federal Government is helping lead the way."
"Overall Federal R&D spending has fallen to below 1 percent of GDP. This is unacceptable."
"When government investment in R&D shrinks or stagnates, the private sector pulls back as well."
"We are continuing on this downward slope in basic research, which is our basic seed corn for our country."