John Dingell actually said...

"Will you commit that the Department of Commerce will do so vigorously, vigilantly and fairly?"

"Mr. Secretary, I note that your budget request for this year is 40 percent less than was requested in 2011 and that the 2011 request is 50 percent less than the 2010 enacted levels."

"I think it would be helpful to both of us if you were to submit the answers to the record."

"The President, in his State of the Union, said if the United States is to compete, we intend to out-innovate, out-educate, and out-build the rest of the world."