"It ought not to be the opening bid. It ought to be the floor in looking at this whole issue."
"So a one-time repatriation of the type some have talked about really doesn't provide a good source for transportation or anything else."
"Why shouldn't all Members of Congress be able to get access with their secured staff, and take such notes as they may feel necessary in order to record where various trading partners are--or what posi..."
"I am glad to hear that, but we have not achieved what the Administration said we would have."
"That is not practicing transparency, it is practicing secrecy."
"I wish we had more Bloomberg Foundations across the country to participate."
"It has been suggested that the benefit of social impact bonds--that they will help us grow the pie overall in terms of State or Federal funding for these programs."
"In this very committee, we face a situation where we will see major cuts, barring some new budget agreement, in education and social services next year in Federal funding through the sequestration agr..."
"In a time when there are so many valuable initiatives that are limited by budget squeezes and even by sequestration, it is important to be as creative as possible."
"I salute Mr. Young, Mr. Larson and their co-sponsors for recognizing the need to invest more in programs that will help low- and middle-income Americans get an education, attain long-time employment, ..."
"The question we have today is the impact of social impact bonds as a new phenomenon and whether this is the best way to encourage stronger and more responsive communities."