"I want to thank the chairman and the ranking member, Senator Wicker, again because I raised the issue."
"I very much appreciate what you're saying. We would love to have you up to our State to take a look at it."
"If there were such a thing as a dirt index—and I believe there should be."
"the regulations that they see that are passed by our government really make it difficult whether you want to start your own business, whether you want to expand, whether you're involved in a particula..."
"I think there's a huge opportunity to streamline our regulations, to look at the cost of adhering to the regulations and the intended benefit of the regulation."
"this week, I heard from a number of large companies who argue on the tax code that we're not competitive"
"I hope that we take that to heart here, and a lot of times cutting through the red tape to make it easier for us to--the private sector to thrive."
"they're anxious to bring jobs and manufacturing plans and revenue back to this country, but they have a 35-percent corporate tax rate that does not make them competitive"
"We certainly don't want a security program in place that gives the appearance of making us more secure, but in reality does not."
"I wanted to ask, as I understand it--and whoever's most appropriate to answer this question--that part of the screening process would be to match it up against the terrorist watch list."
"Is there a better way to do it? Can we do it in a more efficient way?"