"I appreciate it and would look forward to your review of it and any responses we need legislatively to help you do the job."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and let me thank you all for your willingness to serve, as Chairman Dodd said."
"It just seems to me that the victims shouldn't ultimately be further victimized because of a process that ultimately puts them in a worse position than they should have or would have been."
"I have real concerns about having sensitive U.S. technology fall into the hands of countries that weren't supposed to get those technologies."
"I want to reiterate I think this is a strong proposal that sets us on the path to a much safer national transit system."
"Congress has done a lot already this year on low income housing policy, and we would see this as the first year of the 111th Congress to be quite historic if we could build on the existing accomplishm..."
"This program has become overly bureaucratic and has not adapted to complement the good and innovative work... to combat the unrelenting housing crisis."
"Sometimes, however, even institutional change, even with a new culture, takes time."
"I learned to care about public service through not only my work for Senator Dodd, but through the inspiration that he gave many of us."
"The legislation that we have introduced... will ensure that the very low-income disabled population will have safe and affordable places to live."
"In Connecticut, these partnerships have led to a commitment to create about 10,000 new units of permanent supportive housing over the next 10 years."