Michael McCaul actually said...

"I have to commend and applaud you for your efforts."

"I can't imagine what was going through your mind, at that time. But you've been a real leader for the Nation, in terms of airport security, and you've really done a great job making this airport safer..."

"Yet I believe that the most fitting memorial we could make to those who were lost that day is to continue doing everything humanly possible to ensure that the tragedy which took their lives never happ..."

"EPA may not be in the business of creating jobs, but with more than nine percent unemployment, it certainly should not be in the business of destroying them either."