"This is unfortunate, because it seems that all the stakeholders were working together to reach a satisfactory and sustainable agreement."
"The Nation is broke. We cannot afford to be wasting money on improperly orders of priorities like global warming studies."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and Mr. Schwaab, thanks for being here today."
"The fact is that NMFS wants to increase the cost of the project to protect a fish that has not been within 70 miles of the dams in over 100 years."
"If we cannot make the tough choices in this crisis, when can we?"
"If this Constitution doesn't specifically enumerate powers to this government, then this government should stop doing those things."
"We are now more than $14 Trillion dollars in debt. That number equates to approximately 94% of our Gross Domestic Product."
"Common sense dictates that we cut up the credit cards and live within our means, just like every American household has to do."
"If this is not the time to cut Federal spending and begin to work toward a balanced budget, I ask, when is the time?"
"But we are all going to have to row this boat if we are going to get this country headed in the right direction."
"Government has gone out of control. Our federal government is too big, tries to do too much, and spends too much hard-earned taxpayer money."