Lamar Alexander actually said...

"So I am interested in both those issues that the Chairman has mentioned, one being practical steps toward obesity; and two being practical steps to go ahead and clean up the air of sulfur, nitrogen an..."

"But there is some evidence that mercury comes out of coal-fired power plants and doesn't blow very far, and so it affects adults and children near the power plants."

"Well, does that mean we can't take kids to the Natural History Museum, because President Teddy Roosevelt skinned all the animals and used formaldehyde and put them there?"

"I mean, what I'm getting at--let me go over to Ms. Rhee."