"I think there is a tremendous desire that this country be energy-secure."
"I sense there is an internal debate that is taking place, and I think actually it is a debate that a lot of people are having."
"I hope you will do it like an investor would, because we are investors, and let us go ahead and take our medicine and get our country moving again."
"I think the White House and you all could communicate in that last night, the President said that you would be very clear and there would be specific plans."
"I think, actually, what the Secretary committed to earlier was not just Senator Shelby, a combination of where we are, but also an honest evaluation of where we are in the money, out of the money, as ..."
"Well, some of the TARP money, for instance, AIG is probably--that is an investment that is probably toast."
"I have not heard of this comprehensive plan to deal with this problem and that creates uncertainty."
"But isn't the major debate before us today whether we go ahead and address the losses now, get our banking system on a firm footing, and allow people to invest in common shares that they know are goin..."
"I heard a sigh from the American public and from our witness, and I hope we continue to have meetings in that way."
"A cap-and-trade system would be the underpinning of making intelligent market decisions."
"It's an amazing thing to me that we would start out with such a crass policy that separates this country."