"I am so glad you chose an Appalachian and West Virginia specifically to host this first Ways and Means Committee hearing of this Congress."
"What you are clearly sort of affirming is the chairman's thought that we are paying people to stay home."
"I'm really eager to hear from our witnesses on what they're learning in just the first few months of JWST's science operations."
"This is a momentous achievement for NASA and for the Nation."
"It's critical for life in the 21st century that we protect the satellites and the ground-to-satellite, satellite-to-ground communications."
"Madam Chairman, thank you very much."
"I wrote a letter along with Representatives Lowenthal, DeGette, Peters, and Leger Fernandez to the Environmental Protection Agency commending Administrator Regan for proposing strong rules to reduce m..."
"The letter recommended that the rules apply comprehensively to smaller leak-prone wells that comprise the majority of the Nation's fleet of oil and gas wells."
"It also urges a stop to the wasteful polluting practices of routine flaring of associated gas and oil wells."
"I don`t think I`ve ever seen a body in person that`s been shot by an assault weapon. So, it was very moving and I`m hoping that Mr. McConaughey, is able to move some Republican senators."
"The challenge is that they all go to the Senate and because of the filibuster, this tradition that you need 60 votes. It`s really unlikely that we will be able to get them passed."
"We love the idea of actually turning the democracy back over to the majority vote idea rather than the 60-vote limit."