03/10/2010
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"If we do not take action, the consequences will be dire."
"We have actually done that. It has been done now, so we can do it again."
"I am very serious when I say this, Madam Secretary, because Senator Whitehouse is one of the more progressive Democrats. I am a conservative Republican, and we agree on this stuff."
"The Harvard Harris Polls show that 84 percent of Americans responded that we need to invest more in our infrastructure, and then they talk about different methods of paying for all this."