"Good afternoon everyone. For those of you who follow the Energy Committee, you know that I'm not the person who usually sits here."
"We're going to introduce the nominees briefly. Then I'm going to ask Senator Murkowski if she would like to make a statement."
"I would hope that we would take every opportunity available to us to raise the issue of what is happening there and loudly demand that the world not allow this to continue."
"We really need the broad, integrated approach; clearly."
"I would hope that all of us--those of you who are headed to this part of the world would raise that issue whenever we have the opportunity."
"I think the protection issue is an absolutely critical one."
"What a difference it would make to our foreign policy if we are successful again in aggressively moving toward energy independence."
"I don't really have any more questions except to pick up on what you just said, Senator Corker."
"I mean, I guess, as I read this definition, it would address the concerns that you all were raising."
"You're are absolutely correct. It does not need to be broader to increase the protections."
"I think you've all talked about the other threats that our NATO is facing and Europe and the United States are facing: cyber security, energy security, others."