Paul Tonko

Sure. Absolutely. And you know the impact of Sandy, Representative Garamendi, comes on the heels of last year's storms with Irene and Lee, a double whammy that impacted several counties that I represent. And upstate New York was…

Yes, just rather briefly, the opportunity to invest in infrastructure--for an example, our water treatment facilities. When I was at my last work station prior to entering the House, it was with NYSERDA, the New York State Energy Research…

Your staff, too, is to be commended for working so well with our team.

The American people provide the support out of a belief that innovation will ensure that our economy remains strong in the long run.

It is bad enough that we have lost jobs when firms offshore production and move out of our communities; the idea that they would exchange taxpayer supported innovations for market access, however reluctantly, is very disturbing to me.

This credit needs to be extended.

American citizens have a huge stake in what American firms do with their innovations.

Representative Kaptur made an interesting point that there was a sense of vision when they pursued the efforts with the St. Lawrence Seaway. There was a sense of vision in my district as a donor area and in Representative Higgins' when…

Representative Garamendi, again, thank you for bringing us together again. You talked about that austerity budget that some would advance. I have to tell you another disaster last year, Irene and Lee, that hit as a hurricane and tropical…

Sure. And, Representative Garamendi, thank you for bringing us together for an hour of discussion on what is very important: growing jobs, strengthening our economy and strengthening the fabric of our communities by addressing public…

Again, thank you, Representative Garamendi. It's great to join with our colleagues here this evening to share thoughts about how we move from a very trying, difficult time into perhaps America's glory days. I think it's important for us to…

Sure. Let me do this quickly. I think we have it within our intellect to create the outcomes that are strong, that will reinforce those in need, and still go forward and address the critical economic times. I can tell you, because the…

Sure. Well, absolutely, some of these programs are welcomed news. Two points I would make--and I would just like to go back for a moment to the sense of community that is expressed at times like these tragedies. It's not government as a…

Thank you, Mr. Garamendi, for leading us in this very important hour of discussion. As I listened to Representative Pallone speak about the disaster in his district and across the map of New Jersey and now into New York City and Long…

Thank you, Minority Whip Hoyer. You have led us so expertly well on this floor. You cite the many failings of this do-nothing Republican Congress. It is tragic that we will leave for home now and not get the work of the people done and…

Congratulations, you have revealed the plan to create political cover for misguided and misinformed policy.

The Administration did not need, nor did it seek, political cover for the moratorium.

This investigation is an attempt to change the subject.

And I agree with you. I think that the brinkmanship that was utilized in the debate and the development of a response to the debt ceiling crisis was an attachment of bells and whistles and all sorts of extraneous materials that were being…

Thank you, Representative Courtney. I thank you for your outstanding leadership. You've been there on the student loan issue. You've been there on the ag reauthorization measure. You've been there on the American Jobs Act. {time} 2040 We…

Representative Courtney, you talk about that event. When he made his presentation, he did that long-term review and a rather shorter focus over the last couple of years--the first term of President Obama's. Yet, when he talked about the…

A point oftentimes lost. Even millionaires and billionaires would get their tax breaks on a first order of income, $250,000. Do you know what stands in the way? If we have to be totally frank here, they want to make certain that…

Representative Courtney, you talk about the reducing of VAWA, the Violence Against Women Act. If the spirit and letter of that law has been to protect women, why would you weaken certain protections? There's this order of meanness and…

You know, I listen to you, and your State was tremendously impacted by Irene and Lee last summer. My State was tremendously impacted. We reached for those very pots--that we've emptied with the Republican solution--that served our…

Representative Courtney, you're a great friend. You're a great friend not only to me, but to this House, to the district you represent, and to the State of Connecticut. And you're such a good friend because of the academics that you put…