"I believe that if Congress acts to finalize the $150 million for fiscal year 2010, that D.C., Maryland, and the Commonwealth of Virginia will all find the matching funds to bring together $300 million..."
"we also need to have the active commitment of President Barack Obama and his administration to find emergency stimulus dollars for immediate assistance with these infrastructure issues."
"It is a great privilege for me to sit up here and welcome back to this committee our distinguished former chairman, Tom Davis."
"Without Tom's visions, this Congress would never have come up with the idea of a $150 million matching grant."
"So the users are, in fact, certainly paying their fair share."
"We've got a lot of Federal employees ready to retire in the baby boom generation. How are we going to replace them..."
"I completely concur, and I think that's the correct way to frame the issue for the Federal Government moving forward."
"I find it odd that somebody would even suggest inferentially that this benefit provision, could itself constitute discrimination against folks in opposite-sex relationships..."
"As Representative Baldwin indicated, look at other ways of trying to address the issue of fairness in the provision of benefits."
"So I'm going to be an enthusiastic supporter of H.R. 2517 and encourage my colleagues to do the same."
"There's no question, Mr. Connolly, this is a very valuable tool."
"With the dramatic rise in volume and value of contracts, we must enhance our management and oversight capacity so we are maximizing return for the taxpayer."