"I can't think of any position I'd rather have in this Senate than the one I've got, unless it was yours, Madam Chairman."
"I thought President Obama's first instinct was a good one when he said that we should look forward."
"I don't know very much about this."
"It would be typical of Government to start out and build a lot of high-speed rail."
"I always welcome the addition of Governors to the Senate and to the administration. I think it brings a can-do spirit to the Nation's capital that we always like to see."
"I am very supportive of NOAA's recent decision to locate its supercomputer for climate change research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory."
"There is a very bipartisan focus on that and strong support out in the country for those efforts."
"I would like to encourage you and the administration to support the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and let us get that settled and behind us."
"I think it brings a can-do spirit to the Nation's capital that we always like to see."
"The AIG bonuses make the president subject to the charge that he's living above the store, but not minding it."