"I would like to thank the Chair, Senator Cardin, for convening this hearing, for including the important issue of the threats facing the Columbia River Basin."
"Well, turning to DDT, it remains persistent in the river system despite that fact it was banned some time ago."
"Another thing you mentioned in your testimony was that various products have hormonal effects."
"I wanted to ask about the exploration of different designs that might inherently increase the safety of nuclear power and therefore also might reduce its cost."
"It should be an issue of intense analysis and changing the policy if these comprise a risk to our Nation."
"I want to turn back to that example to pursue that a little bit further."
"all firms that are systemically important need to come under the same umbrella of regulation"
"we could sort of allow certain institutions to be able to escape the regulatory situation if they were to divest their banks"
"I want to see us be as bold and aggressive in assisting working American families as we have been in assisting major financial institutions."
"I am wholeheartedly behind taking funds and moving them to support our community banks."
"I have proposed and the administration has proposed recapitalizing banks in order to enable them to do more lending to small businesses to enable those firms, the small businesses, to recharge the eco..."