"Mr. Chairman, thank you very much. As an alum of this Committee, I know how much you value good science."
"Everyone in this room understands that if we are going to make enduring changes in climate change, they are going to have to be bipartisan."
"I greatly appreciate your very kind remarks, and I value the time that you took to come here today."
"We are looking at that very carefully, and I would look forward to working with you and Senator Nelson and the other members of this committee on how we can shrink that gap."
"We need to pay very careful attention to the adequacy of our support for fundamental research in this country."
"I think it is a good idea. I think we will pursue very vigorously every way at our disposal to try to see that that happens."
"I want to hold the record open on this point because I want to know specifically what you would do to beef up the fight against white-collar crime relative to what was done in the Bush administration."
"I want to ask you about the unusual case of Ali al-Marri, the legal resident of the United States who has been held at the military brig in Charleston for the past several years."
"What our country has always been about is protecting the public good--in this case, fighting terrorism ferociously--and at the same time, being sensitive to individual liberty."
"I have been able to get the FBI on record saying that with their approaches it is possible to secure the information through interrogation of these human ticking time bombs without torture."
"I certainly--that's my understanding, and it's my understanding that that's the view of others who have studied this."
"I believe firmly, constitutional principles are fixed."