"This is not going to be effective unless we really take a part in this."
"I witnessed firsthand in Sudan in Darfur the issues relating to the very thing Senator Menendez was referring to."
"I think Senator Cardin's comments were very, very good, and I think that line of questioning--as, of course, our chairman and others."
"There is no question that there are adaptation issues that need to be dealt with."
"I find it hard to understand that the Director of OPM would not be here today."
"I think we are addressing a very important issue today that is not just important to Federal employees, but also people throughout the country."
"I think it is also interesting at this time when we are debating health care and talking about the public's role in health care, we are seeing some frailties here, if you will, that exist within OPM."
"I do say I really appreciate the authors' desire to ensure that people around this country, when they buy long-term care insurance plans, they know that it is going to be there and that it is real."
"isn't it counterproductive to give away free allowances to the utility sector, in that what you're doing is causing that pricing mechanism that is there to reduce consumption not to be, if you will, '..."
"It just seems that it would be a far more transparent way of dealing with this issue."
"I don't think we as a country have the political will to do the things we need to do to make sure that this doesn't happen again."