"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."
"I hope the Republicans as a whole don't go along with that; who knows."
"How can we get the private sector to cooperate with the public sector, because neither is going to do it alone?"
"Obviously, we need high speed rail."
"We should be able to go ahead with that rapidly."
"You are not going to get private sector investment on a long term project if you have very uneven public sector involvement."
"It is unquestionably the case that there is a massive exposure, that people have gotten sick, that people who don't know they're sick yet, will get sick."
"We must now ensure that the Federal Government provides long-term, comprehensive health care and compensation to all of the first-responders and survivors affected by 9/11."