"the three areas that I am particularly pleased that the president is focused on is manufacturing and the development of manufacturing innovation institutions"
"the job creators in the country are the middle class families who have a job"
"what my constituents want to know is, how is our federal budget reflecting the urgent priority of getting people back to work?"
"I think we have got to deal with the debt, and I think we have to do that in a responsible and balance way."
"Sometimes if you listen to these budget committee hearings, you would consider that our only objective is deficit reduction."
"I think the president has articulated an exciting vision for a set of manufacturing centers."
"It is hard to understand where this notion of deficit reduction is something that only that other side of the aisle cares about."
"I think what we have to be looking at is the job crisis in this country and how we invest in growing the economy."
"the president's budget focuses on educating our children and making sure that we are strengthening our workforce"
"Fostering religious understanding and combating anti-Semitism is a critical and very important challenge."
"I am certain that if everyone in the world had the opportunity to just hear the testimony of these five witnesses it would mark significant progress in our efforts to eradicate anti-Semitism."