Bob Bennett

I find incredible when you say the demonstrated reliability of Ares is zero.

It takes 60 votes to get anything through the Senate. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

It may very well be that the solution to the problems that we talk about as a dysfunctional Senate lies somewhere other than amending the filibuster rule.

If I was sitting on the board of directors and you were making this pitch to the board of directors as to the direction in which you are going to take the company, I would tell you, you haven't made the sale.

I don't believe the current plan of the President will allow the United States... to continue to lead the world in space exploration.

We cannot allow this to happen.

We should be very, very careful as we proceed in these waters because we can mess things up pretty badly.

Yes. Norm, that is why they called it the Nuclear Option.

I do share a sense of significant unease over what has been happening in the Senate.

the majority has chosen to focus on what it believes to be the abuse of the filibuster by the minority, but these hearings have also revealed how the Majority Leader can abuse the rules of the Senate to limit debate and amendment.

the current Majority Leader has used this tactic at a rate more than double that of his predecessor and five times as often as the last five Majority Leaders combined.

But just because you have the right to do it does not mean it is the right thing to do.

I hope that you will energetically continue to find solutions to all of the agencies challenges as you work to promote the security of our nation.

With sufficient foreign assistance, Iran could probably develop and test an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of reaching the United States by 2015.

the MDA's mission to 'deploy . . . an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack' is more important now than ever.

We need to continue to work to adequately address these issues before there is a major infrastructure failure.

In Utah, water is--the old line 'Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting.'

My greatest concern with this budget is how it fails to address our Nation's aging infrastructure in an adequate fashion.

The project with the highest benefit-to-cost ratio of 22 to 1--that's the Sacramento River bank protection--received only $10 million in this budget request.

Everybody agrees with that. But, one thing to say, 'Okay, here's the money.' It's another thing to say, 'How's it going to be spent?'

The bad news is that the agency's track record in managing large construction projects is not encouraging.

I very much applaud your top-line budget request. You need the money; you've shown the courage of asking for it.

If we don't turn around and have a good precipitation year--we're in a 10-year drought cycle in the Colorado River basin--we're looking at the possibility, within a couple years, of having to declare a shortage in the Lower Colorado River…

The agency's track record in managing large construction projects is not encouraging.

If I was sitting on the board of directors and you were making this pitch to the board of directors as to the direction in which you are going to take the company, I would tell you, you haven't made the sale.