"I just met with a bunch of manufacturers and they were talking about some of these agencies that have these acronyms like SEC and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and others."
"It is tougher to get investment here because investors are looking around the globe, and they look at America and they say, gosh, it is going to take 4 or 5 years to get this energy project up and goi..."
"We hope you will work with us on that, too. That is a bill that Senator McCaskill and I have that is a common sense bill that would get at this permitting issue."
"I would ask for your sustained focus on that as we try to get across the finish line."
"Thank you all for your service and your willingness to... ensure that people are taken care of."
"I also agree with what Senator Johnson said earlier about how the Internet has really thrived without the heavy hand of government."
"I hope you will continue to have that attitude at HHS."
"if we do not figure out a way to reform this incredibly important but unsustainable program, we will have a difficult time ever getting our fiscal house in order."
"So we are talking about U.S. jobs here being supported by U.S. companies having access to foreign markets."
"I think that is very likely. In fact, you would see a lot of repatriation, wouldn't you, of the nearly $2 trillion that is now tied up overseas?"
"The problem here is not Caterpillar. It is a broken tax code."