Byron Dorgan

In my judgment, those are the wrong agencies to be cutting in the current economic situation.

The President has talked about an overall discretionary spending freeze for fiscal year 2011.

I've already asked the Corps districts that cover North Dakota to do as much advance preparation as is possible.

The fact is some of the biggest interests spend all of their time trying to prevent action being taken industry wide.

I think this is a significant issue. We should think through it carefully, understand the consequences, pro and con, and then make judgments.

I think we should separate some of these issues that we are talking about.

A perfect public policy, in my judgment.

I strongly support and, by the way, which, in my judgment, was very constructive in leading us to more progress at the FCC on network neutrality.

To say that we will--for Comcast to say we will adhere to the current access rules, which are not effectual--if they don't help protect us in the ways that we need to from a competitive standpoint, then that is meaningless.

Officials who understand that concentration and vertical integration can be bad for consumers and the economy, who understand that public interest principles are good for citizens and civic discourse, are in office, and not a moment too…

When Comcast claims that there is a little for antitrust authorities to look at in this merger, they must think we are still living in the 'don't worry, be happy, do nothing' era of antitrust and regulation.

I urge policymakers to think long and hard before they allow a merger that gives the parties incentives to harm competition and consumers.

I have no idea whether it is worthy. I have no idea whether it retards competition or is violative of the public interest.

I have long been concerned about concentration, particularly in media ownership.

This merger is uniquely anticompetitive across a number of markets and threatens to restrict consumer choice, reduce programming diversity, and raise prices.

I think the JASON's report is at odds with that.

Well, this year will end 30 years in the United States Congress. It's a great privilege, but there are other things I wish to do.

The more you can get contractors involved in competition, the lower you're going to experience pricing on these major contracts.

I'm pleased to see, in this budget request, a clear commitment in increasing NNSA's ability to assess the safety, security and reliability of nuclear weapons.

I'm pleased that the NNSA plans to accelerate efforts to secure vulnerable nuclear material around the world, within the coming 4 years.

How do we give the taxpayer full value for their money on these important security issues?

It is an increase in funding for some very important programs. And the questions that have been raised, I think, are questions you, as a manager, I'm sure, raise every day.

If we don't get serious about the infrastructure, yes, roads, bridges, water projects, you name it, we won't be the kind of country we used to be

It is a recurring problem and puts a lot of population at risk and property and so on.

My colleagues will remember last year that the Red River flood fight went on for nearly a month.