The CBO number, as the Senator from Montana knows, has been a moving target because at the end of that debate, they adjusted by about $1/2 trillion the amount they considered the deficit would be reduced. But I point out to the Senator…

I want to say that I know what the chairman is going to say. He is going to say the CBO came back and said it would extend the lifespan of Medicare, and they did, and it would under the mechanisms used in the unified budget when it comes…

The CBO came out and said that the budget deficit would be reduced by $132 billion over the first 10 years. But the point I made earlier is that included, of course, a lot of gimmicks that were used, including taxes began immediately…

What is important about this amendment is it will give an indication to the American people about whether their voices are being heard here in Washington as expressed by the voters of Massachusetts. I think what they were saying in that…

we entered into this debate about the debt limit today. I appreciate the comments of my colleague from New Hampshire with respect to the overall picture of our financial and fiscal condition in the country right now. I think it is…

I would hope it would not be more restrictive, because I do think these are soldiers.

Aviation security is increasingly an international responsibility.

Quite simply, our security policy needs to be focused on improving security. It can't be subjected to a union middleman.

One of the greatest threats that we face in this country, when it comes to air travel, is public complacency.

We cannot talk this thing to death.

This committee intends to continue asking the tough questions to shape the policies that guide transportation security.

The situation worked, an unfortunate phrase that was inaccurate, and for which I apologize.

the greatest threat that we face as a country when it comes to air travel, is public complacency following the stepped up security protocols following 9/11

I do have to say that I think the initial reaction to this, that the system worked, could not have been more wrong.

It's hard for me to take commitments to security seriously as long as forcing TSA into collective bargaining is a priority.

We have to do better protecting our families, safeguarding our communities, and securing our Nation.

We cannot tread lightly on what we do on national security.

Collective bargaining will impose a 19th-century industrial personnel management model to a 21st-century information age threat.

the events that resulted in Mr. Abdulmutallab being permitted to fly into the U.S. have sparked a very serious discussion both here in the United States and across the globe when it comes to passenger safety and security

We have a responsibility to be brutally honest about where we have fallen short.

I think Secretary LaHood said it best: both work, and the issue ultimately is a policy one left to the Congress.

I have joined with Chairman Rockefeller, Ranking Member Hutchison, and several other members of this Committee to introduce S. 1938, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009.

I think the approach works a lot better when you're not threatening, but using a carrot, rather than a stick.

I'm much more comfortable with the type of approach that is incentive-based, uses the carrot, rather than the stick.

I think there's a big difference between that and commuting from Seattle, you know, to a flight that departs from New York.