"the arts and their importance to our country and to our economy"
"I recognize, clearly, that even if you are the not musically inclined, everyone should learn to play the piano."
"All kids should have auditoriums in their school, so they are simply taught how to be an audience."
"But it seems President Obama wants to stop the music and send the band home."
"I want to very much associate myself with Congresswoman Slaughter's testimony, and three points in particular."
"The importance of exposing our children. We are lucky to be in a school district that my kids do have art every week."
"Martin Feldstein...wrote an op-ed piece in The Washington Post yesterday about this very subject."
"I certainly, Mr. Chairman, respect your concerns about tax inequity."
"As I understand, part of the memo said you want to take a leadership role in removing lead from the environment."
"Last year I asked the Interior Department for copies of communications between the National Alaska Conservation System and certain lobbying and political advocacy organization."
"Do you believe there is a problem there with what we sometimes call 'paralysis by analysis' or what the Acting Director said is 80 percent of the time spent trying to justify the other 20 percent of t..."