I do not want to sound like a Republican, but----

the attitude with the territories is whatever is left over.

If we can get into debt looking for weapons of mass destruction that were never there, then we certainly can spend some money on education and on housing and so on.

We are a country that does try, not as much as I would like to, you are hearing this from a liberal, try to take care of our veterans to the best of our ability.

Let's just try to get it on the road and I know you are the person to do it.

I believe that the President's request... creates a strategic plan that strengthens our economy.

I want to thank you, and I want to ask you a personal favor on behalf of everybody.

I hope we can continue it. But there are many people who still feel that it is 19 percent below the fiscal year 2010 funding level.

I hope we are not putting them at risk in any way, because that is an agency that has been very effective in my community.

the concern that some people have is that you may be making or your agency may be making these decisions based on false assumptions

I think it is a good thing for the U.S. to be a leader in our hemisphere.

I have great respect, for instance, for the people who sit behind us.