"It looks like a path to me of catastrophe if we do not proactively change our energy strategy, a catastrophe for our economy."
"What I do not want is an energy policy that drives up the cost of energy in the United States of America."
"Any argument? Do the other folks agree that 12 percent might be about right to aim for by 2012?"
"Why do you say trial modifications? What is that meant to signify?"
"We need the same attitude with which we approached assisting our banks to assist our working families."
"Thank you very much. I think that one area where the Portland metropolitan area has been pushing in kind of opposition, or at least not getting a lot of cooperation, was in streetcars."
"I think Federal legislation needs to encourage more of that, give localities the tools to evaluate different choices."
"I do apologize but I have to return to the healthcare markup."
"It certainly has been a long time since we have had an agency that was dedicated to consumers in the financial world."
"Certainly, that carbon dioxide is an issue for our atmosphere."
"Transforming our energy economy is essential. The status quo is simply unacceptable."