Roy Blunt actually said...

"When you set this number this high this quickly and suggest that one national standard makes sense, one national standard may have made some sense at the lower number."

"So your memo would become the rule?"

"I appreciate your feeling that that might be where you are, but if the United States Chemical Safety Board says when the current rules are followed, there is no evidence there has ever been a problem."

"I am disappointed that the $627 million increase for the Department of Labor dwarfs the total increase for all non-defense discretionary spending--which is $40 million."