"Hollywood has done more to focus attention on this issue than perhaps a thousand congressional hearings could do."
"I was disappointed that Bruce Willis was not available to be a fifth witness on the panel."
"What would the consequences be of an impact from an object of that size?"
"OK. But that would likely not be large enough--I guess there it did strike, so----"
"Space flight and our capacity to maintain world-leading advantage in space flight is a critical priority for the nation."
"If that same meteor, instead of striking a relatively rural area, had struck Manhattan, what would likely the consequence of that have been?"
"I have not been, but I will have to add it to the list of places to take my daughters, and hopefully it--"
"I am eager for our collective journey to ensure that NASA and all of the related programs have sufficient resources."
"Do we have indication of near-Earth objects striking the water in the past and producing tsunamis?"
"I just want to thank all four of you for what I think has been a very interesting and productive hearing."
"My focus for a long time has been and I think the focus of all of us should be on economic growth."