"You have a tough job in a lot of ways, you know that full well, because we need significant reform."
"the thought that you are going to have a 2,500-mile pipeline overseen by 35 people begs reality."
"the private oil and gas companies are doing 10 times the R&D on renewable fuels than what the federal government is."
"the American people's revenue is what we are after."
"Religious freedom, as we know well, is a core American value."
"Religious freedom should be a nonnegotiable tenet of life in our modern world."
"I expect we will hear more from our witnesses today about the important link between promoting religious freedom and combating religious extremism."
"I know you all are working hard to be able to resolve some of this."
"We continue to look for ways... as we cut nonessential services, overheads, consolidations, continue to try to find savings."
"Flexibility is key here."
"It's completely ironic to me as we walk through what actually occurred at the conference."
"This has got to shift. It has to shift and it will."