"would it not be advantageous just for the simple sake of the cost of the investment necessary for our infrastructure, to have a timeline, a deadline, on the permitting process?"
"In the 112th Congress 6 years ago, I filed what was then called the RAPID Act."
"In my experience as a litigator, it has been that at times my clients would settle for the cost of defense, regardless of principle."
"So if I'm an investor, and I want to be able to invest what capital I have to get a return, where am I going to put it?"
"The President and his new Treasury Secretary should be afforded the chance to decide for themselves whether to renegotiate or to sign this deal."
"This isn't a trade agreement. If it was a trade agreement, we would have an up-or-down vote."
"I think a 90-day layover is an insult to this institution and does nothing more than pay lip service to the notion of congressional consultation and input."
"I come from a place of a skepticism over this agreement that was signed or put into effect on Friday the 13th."
"I want to put in a word, as I have done in the past, with you concerning the mom-and-pops."
"80 percent of the costs of the Postal Service is labor."
"So frankly, the cost-coverage problems are predominantly on the market-dominant side."