"Why should we believe your assurances now?"
"We hear a lot of happy talk and rosy scenarios. But because of the administration's strategic blunders and frankly the record of incompetence in executing, you are presiding over a failed policy."
"It's really important that we as people of faith enlarge the debate in this country. It's been too narrow for too long now."
"A specific deadline for withdrawing is irresponsible."
"Nor do I think it is smart strategy to set a date certain. I do not agree that that is in the best interest of our troops or our country."
"Our present system of energy is weakening our national security, hurting our pocketbooks, violating our common values, and threatening our children's future."
"I am convinced that we will have immigration reform."
"That we will have immigration reform."
"This certainly is not in keeping with my understanding of the scriptures because this bill would literally criminalize the Good Samaritan and probably even Jesus himself."
"Well, we don't know the details, Anderson. We got a one-paragraph report that said that there was going to be a transfer, but the devil's in the details."
"the legislation that Senator Lott and I are proposing does three things. It does make FEMA independent again. And it does give the director of FEMA direct authority to report to the president. But it ..."
"We believe that then we have a better chance to, you know, really put it back in the shape it was in the '90s and earlier, when both of us had previous experiences."