John Hoeven actually said...

"I just want to express my thanks to the good Senator from Minnesota for sponsoring this bill."

"Actually, I have spent a lot of time with EPA working to get something that I think your people feel is workable."

"We need to find a way to make sure that we're working with the industry to actually help them deploy these new technologies."

"If we're going to lift up the caps for defense, I also think we should lift the caps on domestic funding, and homeland security should be one at the top of the list."