"I request that you support, at a minimum, the President's budget request for nuclear waste disposal."
"The Supreme Court is vital to our system of government and ensuring the survival of our Republic."
"On the billions that we have spent in the last, what we determined 17 years--17 years on this program, we can't get that back. And it doesn't go to Treasury. It is just gone. Let's stop that."
"There was no urgency whatsoever."
"Thank you for all that you have done, your many years of service."
"I don't ever recall being more outraged about an issue than I am about the electronic health records program."
"We need to have an urgency and an understanding of how important this really is."
"Congress doesn't enjoy a great deal of admiration from the public, and I think one of the reasons is..."
"The proposal to eliminate community development block grants could be particularly harmful because the program provides a critical resource for local decision makers."
"It has been authorized for the Congress, it has been authorized by two Presidents, and it has been funded up until the last 2 years."
"When I was at Fort Worth it had at 370,000 people, and it now has 800,000 people."