"If you are going to have a nation that grows and an economy that grows, we are going to need more transmission lines."
"Whatever your energy needs are, America has it."
"I have been on this committee 30 years. I missed the memo apparently where it said we were trying to gut Medicaid, destroy the program."
"Well thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am glad to be a part of the first oversight hearing."
"Our national debt is about $20 trillion, give or take a trillion or two."
"If you divide 325 million into 20 trillion, you get about 66, 67 thousand dollars that every American owes of the national debt."
"I believe I could trust Mr. Harper and the State of Mississippi to guarantee the catfish I eat, if it is not in Texas, if I don't catch it myself, is safe for me to eat."
"I personally think we could repeal the CAFE standards in their entirety."
"I think it is doing very well and I am very happy that we have brought balance to the world oil markets by repealing the ability of our domestic producers to export."
"I think it would be worthwhile to look at privatizing."
"I simply want to say thank you for your service to the country. You've always been available to the members of the committee."