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.

Is there any way to relate the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act in some way, so that we create goals for States or areas or regions, to try to make sure that as we clean up the air, we clean up the water as a result--as we work on…

I hope there's one area, Administrator Jackson, that you do act on promptly, and that's the clean air interstate rule for the Eastern United States.

I thought President Obama's first instinct was a good one when he said that we should look forward.

It would be typical of Government to start out and build a lot of high-speed rail.

I don't know very much about this.

I am very supportive of NOAA's recent decision to locate its supercomputer for climate change research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

I think it brings a can-do spirit to the Nation's capital that we always like to see.

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 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 thought President Obama's first instinct was a good one when he said that we should look forward.

The AIG bonuses make the president subject to the charge that he's living above the store, but not minding it.

I would like to hear President Obama say, 'I will fix the banks.'

I understand, Mr. Chairman, but doesn’t someone need to step forward and say, 'I will fix the banks,' and I will do A, B, and C, the same way President Eisenhower said, 'I will go to Korea,' to build the kind of confidence back in our…

If I may interrupt just a minute to specify, the first risk is that you do not get your money back.

Bob, you know more about the rules than I ever will. I will make a deal with you. I will not surprise you if you do not surprise me.

Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent that I be added as a co-sponsor.

I hope this new administration views the Department of Transportation as a key player on its climate and energy team.

We need a new CAIR Rule and we need a new rule on mercury, and they need to be, we need them soon.

It is impossible in Tennessee for the communities of Knoxville, Chattanooga, for example, to meet their attainment standards.

I hope you will focus on carbon-free solutions and be careful about what we often call renewable solutions.

I was very innocent, and I nearly got my head taken off by the Democratic majority, which included Senator Kennedy, Senator Harkin, and a number of others.

does the new administration, and do you, support Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act?

My instinct is this, that if you are going to try to restrain a system that is growing at a rate as big as the medical system in this country is, taking 18 percent of GDP, that is such a big change that we can't just restrain it. First, we…