John Hoeven actually said...

"I have 2 years. The last 2 years, I have worked with our former chairman, Senator Nelson, on the legislative branch."

"Should you make some of these reductions, are you going to continue to make that a priority?"

"We are confronted with the same challenges we had last go-round, of course, and that is making everything work in these times of tight budgets."

"We obviously are going to be dollar-challenged, but that is no surprise to anyone."