"I applaud you for your work on STEM research and education."
"It is time, past time, that our country joined the rest of the world in offering family leave."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this afternoon's hearing."
"Although I am generally pleased with the President's budget request for NOAA, I will mention a specific concern."
"Mr. Chairman, thank you, again for holding this hearing. I look forward to working with you and our colleagues."
"I support this increase. I'm leading a letter asking the Appropriations Committee to fulfill it."
"I think that this challenge of spectrum is something that we can work together on on a bipartisan basis with NOAA."
"I did mention in my opening statement that there are some regional fisheries' managers in the Northwest considering closure of Oregon and Washington ocean salmon fisheries."
"The grants are really designed to help communicate threats, especially to vulnerable communities."
"I must tell you, I'm currently circulating a letter to my colleagues urging their support in an attempt to fully fund this program at its authorized level."
"If we do, then it will be a sound analogy, but without that, we are talking apples and oranges."
"I am concerned that today we are discussing the possibility of diverting taxpayer dollars from public schools to give students resources to attend private schools."