"I would like to start by reminding Mr. Sires that the Lincoln Tunnel is in my district, too."
"It is deja vu all over again. After a brief hiatus, we are back to legislation supposedly aimed at preventing frivolous litigation."
"By taking us back to a time when rule 11 actually promoted routine, costly, and unnecessary litigation, this bill is a cure far worse than the disease."
"I don't think anybody will uphold that argument because they will never get to it because they will decide the case is valid..."
"I first want to note that this is our first Subcommittee hearing of the 112th Congress and your first as Chairman."
"It is an unprecedented attack on women, on families, on their rights under the Constitution."
"I am sorry. I regret that she was denied permission to testify."
"To say that the minority could have Ms. Norton as the witness to talk about D.C. is to say that we couldn't talk about the basic provisions of the bill."
"You are just trying to have your cake and eat it too, because either a tax exemption is a government subsidy or it is not."
"Obviously, we need high speed rail."
"I hope the Republicans as a whole don't go along with that; who knows."
"We should be able to go ahead with that rapidly."