Max Baucus actually said...

Do you have the authority to spend dollars to complete the study, Secretary?

I think that the story of King Canute settles the question of whether political orders or the natural order will ultimately prevail.

We have to get our ports and our waterways up to snuff.

One fellow stood up, he is the head of a major transportation company. He said, Senator, I have seen Sputnik. It is Shanghai Harbor.