"I am trying to do what my constituents want and what I think my constituents need in order to create jobs."
"When you face extensive unemployment in the regions that I have just mentioned... these are serious matters."
"We have to roll back some of these regulations that are killing jobs, and it really does not matter to me who gets the credit as long as we get the job done."
"I really wish we could quantify... because we all want clean water and we all want clean air and we all want jobs."
"So are you in agreement then we probably should have some cost recovery under vulnerabilities?"
"It just tells me when you leave something out, it looks like we have left it out deliberately."
"I am just really perplexed. I don't understand your processes, and I don't follow it."
"I am disturbed that you would say, Mr. Chairman, it is a shame we were being distracted by this"
"That would be a nice thing to do."
"But wouldn't you agree, based on what I have heard here today, that you have made a decision."
"Isn't it a fact that if they are coming from outside the United States and we drive manufacturing... to other countries like China, India, or Mexico, aren't we, in fact, increasing the likelihood or i..."
"Unless we are planning to build a big glass globe around the country, we could shut everything down and still this won't change. It will get worse."