"Thank you all for your testimony and certainly for all the work that you do to protect our national security."
"It is not time to make cuts in these programs. I know so many that are in hard times and not of their own doing."
"I would like to thank all of you for your testimony today on this important hearing that is focused, I believe, appropriately on the challenges and opportunities of the International Space Station."
"I was disheartened to see that the President's request for education at NASA reflected a $36 million decrease."
"I agree that it is a good investment."
"I was pleased to see that your testimony discusses ARPA-E, and you mentioned the innovative work being done in the area of battery design."
"It is critical that when we talk about domestic renewables, we also include in these discussions the encouraging developments around wave technology."
"the unacceptable level of debt is a threat to our national security"
"I think that we all can agree that the more we can contain costs, the more we can preserve benefits."
"Report, "Program Design Issues Hampered ETA's Ability to Ensure the H-2B Visa Program Provided Adequate Protections for U.S. Forestry Workers in Oregon," dated Oct. 17, 2011"