"if we cut back it is actually going to cost us more in the long run. That is a fool's choice, in my opinion, and on behalf of my constituents."
"So, just so I understand, only 25 percent of the revenues under the proposed legislation generated would go to rural counties. Is that correct?"
"I think it provides for the opportunity for a lot of these issues to be debated."
"They want us to work together to solve problems and the sequester is a problem that needs to be fixed."
"the public understands that this reprogram authority is not an unrestricted power to pick and choose funding priorities based on the harm to the public."
"I view you all as partners. And I would just hope that we can change some of the rhetoric..."
"I hope we have the public's interest in mind rather than merely just one industry's welfare or profit."
"I want to get back to this issue of who should be involved in this process."
"As we have heard, those in the oil and gas sectors believe that failure to permit foreign exports of LNG could severely undermine that industry and would ultimately affect current and future jobs."
"On the one hand, prices are at an all time low. These low prices have benefitted the manufacturers, the consumers and household users."
"The people of my district sent me to represent them here to solve problems, not to create new ones."