"Now, Mr. Chairman, you have an unholy mess on your hands, you and the Department of Energy, with regard to Yucca Mountain."
"We must learn from the tragedy in Japan and apply the lessons learned to our nuclear facilities in order to ensure that the potential risks are fully evaluated."
"I have seen on a number of occasions... he was coming up to announce cuts in this particular program."
"I am very much concerned about the President's budget request."
"What will be the practical impact of these cuts on the Great Lakes?"
"I think, in summary, you can tell us though that these cuts are going to be extremely destructive to the well-being of the Great Lakes and to the protection of that absolutely wondrous treasure."
"Muslim Americans are honorable citizens, loyal Americans, and they are as much distressed as we are about what it is we see going on."
"I would beg you, Mr. Chairman and the Members of the committee, to do what I know you are fully intent upon doing, and that is to see to it that as we go into these matters, we do not blot the good na..."
"We have now created more private-sector jobs in 2 years of Obama than 8 years of President Bush."
"We are learning a little bit about this Congress, which is that we have lurched so quickly into a very successful campaign by my Republican friends that all of the slogans are just being transplanted."
"I would suggest strongly you go back and take a look at it because that is the way we wrote it."