"You just can't defend the fact that these things have been sitting around for 8 to 12 years."
"Is 12 years too much pressing? Is 8 years too much pressing? I don't find it so."
"I have been observing that they are sitting on those regulations like a hen on a porcelain doorknob."
"It is clear to me that skin cancer is today a major public health crisis in this country, and legislation is needed to improve FDA's review of new sunscreen ingredients."
"I look forward to working with all of my colleagues to improve this legislation in whatever bipartisan manner may be necessary so it can be signed into law this year."
"I begin by telling the families of those who were injured or killed by the defective General Motors' vehicles they have our sympathy, and we believe the events here are tragic, indeed."
"Now it is incumbent upon the Congress, Federal regulators, and General Motors to determine how these deaths could have happened and to take reasonable steps to ensure that the safety of American motor..."
"I appreciate the lengths to which GM, under your leadership, is going to recall the vehicles and ensure that they are safe to drive."
"NHTSA's Special Crash Investigation program is something separate and distinct from the formal ODI investigations process."
"ODI decided not to elevate that review to a more formal investigation because there was a lack of discernible trend."
"Will you submit for the record the suggestions that you essentially were about to make to my colleague about what it is you need in the way of authority to address the questions that you were just des..."
"This is a very important hearing, and I think you have conducted it with extraordinary skill."