"So, at this point, you don't feel comfortable giving us a preliminary criticism or opinion as to either one of these----"
"I would appreciate it if you would get back to the Committee, on the record, and tell us whether, in fact, the Department and NHTSA have used Exponent----"
"Thank you very much, and I'm mindful that Senator Boxer is under a tight schedule, and I promise to be brief."
"The way that Congress and the Obama Administration respond to this controversy will have real economic consequences."
"Secretary LaHood, my friend and colleague, has stated publicly that he is committed to examining more deeply the possibility that the causes of unintended acceleration extend beyond floor mats and sti..."
"That's why I hope Congress will resist the temptation to attack Toyota simply to advance the interests of its American competitors."
"We must not use a different set of standards for one company over the other."
"And the study done by your Department will be a completely separate and exhaustive----"
"Don't inundate us with a huge mountain of raw data. It has to be distilled before it reaches us, or it's going to actually be counterproductive and bog down the system."
"If you could supply, on the record, the number of times that your agency has actually used and relied upon Exponent or its predecessor."
"I have a concern that the efforts that you took in the past were not appropriate and you did not go far enough in the years prior to what you are doing today."