Bob Menendez

This is the singular most important issue that your chairmanship is going to be critical over in terms of helping us move this country forward

This is clearly the singular most important----

And we seem not to have succeeded at dealing with the credit market in a way that meets some of our goals that are critical to also deal with our unemployment consequences.

So now in December of 2009, I asked you whether the economy was recovering, and you answered, 'It is growing.'

Sometimes when you avoid harm from happening, you get no credit for it.

Do you believe that the American economy is recovering?

Senator, when I make a mistake, I have to pay for it, and it seems when these financial institutions make a mistake, I have to pay for it, too.

I will do everything I can to stop your nomination and drag out this process as long as I can.

Where I come from, we punish failure, not reward it.

Production would be unaffected by increased domestic offshore drilling.

If we assume, however, that 'energy security' means a stable energy supply that promotes and fuels a healthy economy, then there can be no doubt that increasing domestic production will contribute to domestic energy security.

We have concerns for any threat or risk to our shore. That is taken as seriously as the desire to produce energy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the hearing.

I appreciate it. I've asked Secretary Salazar to look into exactly that.

The total unfettered drilling that some would seek on the Outer Continental Shelf would have no significant impact on domestic oil and natural gas production or prices.

But, there is a difference between a guess and what actually is a reserve, is it not?

I am deeply honored that President Obama has nominated me to serve on the Board of Amtrak.

There isn't a better, stronger, most effective advocate for mass transit in this country, particularly rail transit, than Senator Lautenberg.

One of my major initiatives has been to strengthen the agency's governance principles.

These three bills are vital for the Secretary's 5-year plan to move forward.

To end this national disaster, a vigorous series of partnerships between all branches of Government and at all levels of Government must be forged with community groups and faith-based organizations.

I thank all my colleagues for their statements and their advocacy and their respective leadership together.

To me, the crisis we face is no less than a national disgrace represented by the haunting image of 131,000 veterans on the streets of America on any given night.

I want to thank you for your support helping the men and women who have served this country in the greatest hour of need.

I wonder, how is it that with the wide array of programs you both described, that we have 131,000 homeless veterans?