"I am very, very concerned. To me, it is a nightmare scenario."
"I have put my remarks regarding the reauthorization in the record. I share many of the concerns and objectives that have been raised."
"I would want to include, you know, your basic function of, you know, safety of life at sea."
"I associate myself with the chairman's remarks about the President's budget as it relates to the Coast Guard."
"I am going to do what I can to find a way to not let that happen."
"I would think the chairman might be interested in us doing a little rifle-shot suspension bill that might deal with some of these issues."
"I wasn't aware that you couldn't do the contract under the continuing resolution, and that should be something we could fix."
"I have got to tell you, I am afraid is a nonstarter with this Congress."
"the additional funding you are proposing would put us right at the point--if the gas tax had been indexed over time for construction cost inflation, that is about the amount of money we would collect ..."
"we aren't going to see mandatory repatriation, probably, out of this Congress; the Republicans don't support it."
"I have taken to calling us fourth world."