"This is a serious crisis in my opinion in terms of the number of challenges we are having with safety in our area."
"I am very, very concerned about the speed with which we are addressing the issues in the Newark Liberty Airport area."
"I want to make sure that we are applying the proper energy in the proper place."
"I look at that discrepancy, and I am wondering if the research and development portion, which was cut approximately $43 million--is this causing a strain basically in terms of the FAA's ability to add..."
"This is not a left-right issue. This is not an issue of politics, this is an issue of facts."
"In 1987, the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer, everyone said, the economy would be destroyed and jobs would be the cost."
"This amendment would retain a study of the 34-hour restart and strike the anti-truck safety provisions."
"When the Endangered Species Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it was going to have horrible effects. Quite the contrary, the American economy continued to surge."
"When the 1972 Clean Water Act came out, everyone said the economy would be destroyed, it would cost us jobs--quite the contrary, our economy increased."
"this hearing is of great importance."
"Based on your experience in New Jersey, are there sites with unacceptable ongoing risks of human exposure that need additional funding?"