"When you do things in secret, when you do things behind closed doors and don't have them vetted by the appropriate committees of jurisdiction, you could go on and on about the drafting errors in this bill."
"the Congress and the people of the United States, in my opinion, have a right to know."
"if the President wants to meet with Al Gore about global warming, that is not a national security issue."
"this administration promised to be transparent."
"the purpose of transparency is so that people in the democracy know what those that are in power are doing."
"I personally do not want to know all the meetings that the President and his National Security Advisors had about capturing and killing Osama bin Laden."
"You can't find that legislation no matter if you look high or low, you cannot find it because Harry Reid had a secret bill in his desk drawer."
"I guess--I guess it is a surprise to the Obama administration that there's a Republican majority in the House, and we actually show up for work most weeks, Monday through Friday, and are holding heari..."
"We cut SO2 emissions by 50 percent in the last decade, and this, if implemented, cuts it another 50 percent."
"I want to ask every private sector individual here, I will start with Mr. Fanning. How many cases in your company were there last year of mercury poisoning reported?"
"Every 500 megawatt coal-fired power plant produces 3 pounds of mercury a year."