"People need to know that you are here voluntarily. You are not here because you have been subpoenaed, so we appreciate that."
"It is such an integral part of certainly young Americans' lives that you need to work with Congress and the community to ensure that it is a neutral, safe, and, to the largest extent possible, private..."
"This is a difficult hearing because I think everybody has the same bottom line."
"According to the latest numbers that this committee staff has, 115 people a day are dying of opioid overdoses."
"Now, you're aware that we passed a bill that's languishing, I believe, in the Senate that would change the law..."
"Well, thank you. More importantly, I am the current vice chairman, such as that is."
"I stand corrected. I can't blame that on the Senate, then."
"This is an important hearing that we are having today because it addresses an issue that we really haven't done a very good job of addressing--this issue of cybersecurity and emergency response."
"So far you have done a very good job of dissimulating and not saying a darn thing so----"
"I do believe there's a legitimate public interest certainly in the permitting and licensing part of these big infrastructure projects."
"We seem to be more up to date in our private sector infrastructure than our public sector infrastructure."