"The problem we have, we have this arcane scoring system in this Congress where we don't--in some sense, as we pay for healthcare reform, we don't get the score, we don't get the credit, if you will, when we do prevention healthcare and that is our problem, but that is an impediment to us that we hav..."
"Your comments and questions and answers you elicited were particularly helpful."
"It angers me when I hear these restructuring proposals for Chrysler and GM portrayed as giveaways to the United Auto Workers."
"God knows when you represent a State like I do, you see what kind of hits communities take and you see what kind of hits workers take."
"Today, many of the same critics calling for specific concessions from workers and from bond holders are now saying the government-backed plans unfairly advantage one stakeholder over another."
"So are you raising--if it was a firestorm in this country when we give billions to banks and they pay huge bonuses, you have not seen anything yet for what is going to happen if we put billions into a..."
"I have looked at the full picture for 10 years, Mr. Secretary, and I have not seen the progress."
"We are working on something called the SECTORS Act to bring together local--to have local people to make it sort of homegrown organically coming from them."
"How do we sell that better to people?"
"We would like to see more active leadership in the Senate."
"I hope today we can learn more about these trends and discuss some of the policy options Congress should consider to help manufacturers."