"I will defer to the chairman of the full committee."
"The history of this, you know, committee and this subcommittee has always been to work in a bipartisan way."
"It is always good to have some testimony that keeps it real."
"I think that is right at the heart of it, and I think it warrants some further attention."
"recently Senator Grassley and I introduced legislation that would allow, after 30 years, the opening up of the Medicare database so as to get information to the public about various claims and pattern..."
"the longer that I am involved in the issues of public policy and healthcare, the more convinced I am that transparency and getting good information out to the public is one of the most important steps..."
"Our Renewable Fuel Standard calls for 36 billion gallons of biofuel by 2022. We can do that. We will do that. We must do that."
"I think we can have optimism and confidence based not upon a will of a whisp or some ephemeral kinds of ghosts."
"Success isn't a slam dunk. We have some major challenges."
"We need Federal policies to support biofuels expansion."
"We've reduced our dependence on imported oil by 10 percent in less than 10 years."