"Well, if I could commend it to your review, as somebody who ran the eleventh largest school district in America, it costs a lot of money to implement No Child Left Behind, well in excess of $100 milli..."
"So I would urge OMB to look at No Child Left Behind in a timely fashion so the Congress can benefit from your analysis before we consider legislation later this year."
"It is indeed a false choice. And in terms of responsibility for our actions, I would point out to Dr. DesJarlais that EPA is responsible for the fact that air pollution is down 60 percent in this coun..."
"Now, also part of this narrative is that President Obama has just caused an absolute moratorium after the worst deepwater oil spill in American history and that there is this de facto moratorium on Gu..."
"So much for moratorium."
"Are there incentives within DHS to make sure that various components of DHS take material weaknesses seriously and understand we have to have an unqualified audit?"
"Given the progress that has been made, obviously people do take it seriously. And I think it is a testament to your effectiveness as well, Ms. Sherry."
"If we are serious about making the Postal Service successful as we move forward in this century..."
"Congress does not require it of anyone else, and it is costing them billions of dollars every year."
"Given the situation were are in today, if we really mean what we say about caring about its fiscal plight, why wouldn't we rescind those restrictions and let 1,000 flowers bloom to see what works?"
"Why not let them have a Starbucks outlet there so that people, when they go there to do their other core business, can also get a cup of coffee?"
"I commend to my colleagues, because as someone who ran a local government for a long time, historically, a lot of post offices have the stovepipe model; we are separate unto ourselves and sovereign, a..."