I think that's right on. I mean, I would have to see your reaction across the board.

Thank you, Chairman Nelson, for calling this hearing to consider the fiscal year 2012 legislative branch budget requests.

What do you want? What don't you want? And there's an associated cost or reduction that goes with it.

I think you may be covering the same point that I want to explore for just a minute.

we have to be mindful of those security requirements, too.

Incentives that pay for themselves are the ones that probably stand the best chance to advance.

I think that it has tremendous potential particularly because of the convergence with CO2 capture and carbon sequestration.

I would like to ask members of our panel what do you think the key regulatory piece is for us...

I say to my colleagues, Senators Portman, Alexander, Barrasso, and Cornyn, that it is great to be here this morning to engage in this colloquy. I want to follow up on the points that my esteemed colleague referred to on both energy and…

It is, both your MILCON budget and then your O&M budget, as it is set up right now, is very important for the ability of our airmen and aircraft to deliver those missions.

That is a tremendous asset and a tremendous facility and I would ask that you check and get back to me that you are, through your O&M account, maintaining those fuel lines, for both now and for the future.

I commend you for it. And I want to work hard to help you achieve it on behalf of our airmen and the mission.

I rise to speak on the important issue of the day. Sometimes complex challenges present clear and compelling choices. That is the case for the fiscal challenge before us today. We have a choice between delay and disruption or progress and…

I would like to speak this afternoon about an issue that I believe is of paramount importance to our efforts to restore America's economic vitality and to control our debt and our deficit. I would like to talk about jobs. I wish to begin…

I think one of the biggest problems in terms of the Federal Government is they're making things more complex instead of making it simple.

The challenge is dollars. As you know we're a little short of dollars here, spending more than we're taking in and that's a problem that we've got to change.

I've always found that people react better if you ask them to do something then if you tell them they have to do something.

You know, with all they've been doing over the last 10 years, do you have a sense that they're keeping up in terms of their needs?

I would ask that you check and get back to me that you are, through your O&M account, maintaining those fuel lines, for both now and for the future.

The work you do to support them is incredibly appreciated, and, of course, tremendously important.

It is, both your MILCON budget and then your O&M budget, as it is set up right now, is very important for the ability of our airmen and aircraft to deliver those missions.

It's amazing to think we've been at war for over a decade--more than one war.

Well, it is a good plan, and I commend you for it. And I want to work hard to help you achieve it on behalf of our airmen and the mission.

I would like to speak this morning on an issue that I believe is of great importance to our economy and to our national security. In recent weeks, we have seen political turmoil in Libya and Egypt and Tunisia and throughout the Middle East…

We need to get that creativity going in the private sector.