Bob Menendez

Why would this rig not require the oversight and regulation mandated under our country's most important environmental legislation?

Here we have a rig that the industry has told us so many times is so technologically advanced it supposedly could not spill.

What I see is a company not prepared to address a worst case scenario, but a company that is flailing around trying whatever they think of next.

This incident appears to have been entirely preventable if internationally accepted practices were followed.

There's this transference of liability or finger-pointing.

Right now, fisherman, hotel owners and other people dependent on clean water and clean shorelines for their livelihood are collectively holding their breath.

The Chairman is absolutely right. As a matter of fact, when I made that comment that we were going to have a tsunami of foreclosures, the administration witnesses at the time--the previous administration, of course--said, with all due…

At one time, it was a highly respected thought leader. Particularly on agriculture, it led the Green Revolution.

You know, Senator Johanns and I, working with the Chairman, have developed legislation to reform 811 and to leverage other affordable housing resources.

With reference to housing for the elderly, you also have a large cut, a decrease of 67 percent.

Well, we have a difference of opinion in terms of reform and then having the resources.

I don't know what the purpose is if you don't believe the program is worthy of spending any money based upon the way it operates.

I believe it is important to clarify that the Senate bill's treatment of certain lawfully present immigrants as having an income at 100 percent of the Federal poverty level was intended to pertain only to their eligibility for the…

I rise to speak about an issue affecting some of the most vulnerable families living in our society. Under health reform, tax credits are provided to families between 100 percent and 400 percent of the Federal poverty line in order to…

So I hope that that is an effort in which we are working with the industry to try to get to certain standards that both can help consumers save money, as well as save energy.

Great. It seems like we have made progress, and we look forward to working with the industry and with you in achieving the goals.

I think some of the best energy that we can create is one that we don't use in terms of both cost for consumers, the consequences in terms of energy usage, and reducing pollution.

Thank you for your incredible continuing service to this country and, for that fact, to the world, for what you're doing in the foundation.

It's pretty incredible.

I can't make decisions that are intelligent, I can't act as a fiduciary for the 9 million New Jersians I represent here.

What is wrong with getting this--this is transparency? That I can't know the macro number of communities that--public entities that applied? It's ridiculous. Ridiculous.

Are these national secrets, as well?

When he signed it, he declared that the plan would, quote, ``be implemented with an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability.''

I have a real concerns about what is envisioned in the outer continental shelf, certainly along the East Coast shoreline.

I see good things in the budget proposal--the new Energy Frontier, the climate change adaptation, the Treasured Landscapes--I think those are all great initiatives