Jack Reed actually said...

"You made that limited amount of funding available yesterday. You decided that PTC was important, but not important enough to give more than $250 million to it."

"You could have made all of the appropriated funding available for PTC, if you wanted to."

"Thank you, Chairman Collins, not only for holding this important hearing, but also for your extraordinary leadership, generosity, and kindness."

"We all are pleased that the unemployment rate is 3.9 percent, but behind that number is a labor participation rate that is falling."