"if I could get a breakdown of that, that would be very helpful"
"Just because we raise the budget doesn't make immediately there to be more firefighters."
"Would you work with me and maybe even perhaps support legislation like the DIVEST Act?"
"It is zero. It is zero."
"Have you considered that a number of businesses actually like regulation because it creates an uncompetitive environment?"
"For the Federal Government to come in and decide that these are the particular values that we want to force reporting on, I think is very, very troubling."
"Public opinion flows through the Representatives of Congress, and then we tell you what the public are thinking, and then you go and do it."
"You may be trying to skew authority or find authorities in law somewhere to do it, but you do not have clear authority."
"My point is, is it didn't pass. It wasn't taken up in the Senate."
"It is certainly a concern that is worth looking into."
"And, of course, the job of the Executive Branch is to execute the laws, not create the laws."