Peter DeFazio actually said...

"So we could productively, with community and state support and tremendous consensus, spend these funds for their lawfully authorized purpose if we stopped using them as a phony budget offset, and that..."

"I think these pilot projects for the first time in four administrations hold some promise of giving us a path forward."

"I want to thank you for the individual attention that you have put into trying to help break that deadlock"

"Bottom line, there is no excuse for unnecessary bureaucratic delays, and we have got to look at ways to eliminate those sorts of things."