"I think that is important. Because I really believe in the heart of hearts of a number of my friends on the other side of the aisle--I know because I have had conversations with some of them--that the..."
"I truly think that there are areas here where we could have solutions if it isn't all about the next election."
"States historically have not stepped up. They could have, they did not."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thanks again for an opportunity to have this discussion, think through some of the issues."
"Today we mourn the loss of a colleague and friend. Newark lost its champion. Africa lost its informal ambassador, as Donald Payne exercised tremendous leadership and influence as a senior member and c..."
"Don knew that almost 1 billion of the world's poorest people lacked access to clean drinking water, that almost 3 times that number lacked access to sanitation resulting in the death every 15 seconds ..."
"I do not know anybody in Congress, and there are some goofy people around here, but I do not know anybody that says we are going to be on automatic pilot, wait 20 or 30 years, or wait until 2036."
"progress does not have to wait for another election or a new administration."
"I look at 1986 as something that made a difference."
"Ronald Reagan signed off on something that correlated taxation on individual work and investment."
"I would hope, Mr. Chairman, that this is something that the committee might roll up our sleeves and do some work this year providing some budget committee leadership."
"It seems to me that you are independent of Congress."