"I would hope you would be able to tell us you are going to put your shoulder behind the law and money behind it to make these provisions in title II very effective and real in the process."
"I think the President has made a very wise choice. Your service and your personal experience reinforces the best ideals of this country."
"How do we raise the wages and, therefore, the standard of living, of middle-income Americans?"
"With your chairmanship and the leader's Cabinet position, we are on the road to healthcare reform, I believe."
"How in the world can we allow, in the year 2009, for us to say, that is just the way life is?"
"In early 2008, Chairman Reed very appropriately wrote the accounting standard setters citing concerns about the accounting standards for off balance sheet debt."
"A nation eager for change in Iraq heard the President speak about his plans for the future. But, once again, the president failed to provide either a plan to successfully end the war or a convincing r..."
"Well, we're clearly not winning. And we're in danger of losing in Iraq, unless we take dramatic action, unless the president takes dramatic action."
"A third of our brigades in the United States are reporting non-deployable because of personnel and equipment shortages."
"The change of policy that we call for is significant. The administration's policy to date, that we will be there for as long as Iraq needs us, will result in Iraq's depending upon us longer."