"I'm delighted you're going to join me on that trip."
"The regime has become more oppressive."
"It is my sincere honor to introduce Cecilia Rouse as President-elect Obama's nominee for the Presidential Council of Economic Advisors."
"We will embrace the ethic of renewable energy with a new vigor and a new resolve."
"I think this nomination hearing is one of the most important this Committee will hold."
"The ability is not by direct intervention of the United States, but by assisting the hybrid African Union-U.N. forces."
"I want to applaud your stand that you have taken concerning genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan."
"If we are to have any meaning to never again being something of import, then we must do more than just simply stand by the sidelines."
"I am confident that the committee--and the full Senate--will conclude that he is exceptionally well-qualified to serve in this important position with great distinction."
"I hope you will come, after you're the Interior Secretary, with me to the Statue of Liberty, help me break the shackles on the crown."
"This is a bittersweet hearing for me. My hermano, as we call each other, 'my brother,' is going to go serve the Nation, he's going to leave the Senate, where he has served with such distinction."