Bob Corker

I think a lot of times, our regulators end up sort of figuring out the problem after it occurs

I want to welcome Senator Warner. I think there is nobody that has come to the Senate with greater credentials and I certainly look forward to working with him.

Instead of on the front end, it is on the tail end and actually can make it worse

I am looking forward to the testimony and thank you for having the hearing.

Let us move ahead. We have 104 plants today. We probably need 300. Let us move on.

It is as if once we solve the waste issue, then we can pursue nuclear again.

The incentive would be there because if you use carbon it would cost you.

Which is code for money coming out of the American public's pockets and being appropriated in areas.

I want to join Senator Bayh and others in thanking you for your leadership.

Of course if you do that, in essence we're raising taxes on Americans directly. We certainly should state that.

Let's just, since the time is limited. Why not just have a carbon tax and just be clean with the American people as to what we're doing.

Wouldn't it make sense if we just put a price on carbon, period. Did away with all other subsidies, all subsidies in energy?

The notion of having cap and trade and then making investments if you will is really code for that Rube Goldberg type of situation

I'm actually open to it as long as every penny generated from that is returned to the citizens, a cap and dividend kind of program.

The simple way of doing it would be to make sure that we either through cap and trade with 100 percent auctions, no offsets, return 100 percent of that money to the American public.

Wouldn't we be much better off just with a carbon tax and just be clean with the American people.

Actually, I am glad the Senator from Massachusetts brought that up. That is the portion of cap-and-trade legislation that I believe is appropriate. Unfortunately, what this bill does is it takes in trillions of dollars and then…

I continue to be almost shocked at the lack of debate regarding this stimulus package and its nature and effect on our economy. This is a roughly $150 billion package. Most of this package is oriented toward sprinkling, if you will, checks…

I have had the opportunity to spend some personal time with the Admiral, and certainly believe that he and the General are outstanding nominees.

But, because this resolution is nonbinding and going to have no effect, in my opinion, no effect on the course of action, I'm not going to support it.

People across the state of Tennessee realize that this is a choice. This is a choice between two individuals that cannot have had different life experiences, nor in reality a different view of what makes our country stronger, safer and…

I think that we need to do the things that have made us greet, and that is have fiscal constraints, which we have been lacking in Washington.

What the people depend upon government most to do is to make sure that they're safe.

Maybe it is time to look at who leads that. I never felt in the first place that we went to Iraq with enough troops on the ground.

All of us know the strength that comes from prayer. It's at least 10 or 12 times a day that, on this campaign trail, that I pray to -- to hopefully carry myself in a manner that will make people in this -- of this state proud.