"Your job is not to weaken or unravel the bedrock environmental laws that were put in place by both Republicans and Democrats alike."
"That gives them the capacity to maliciously modify or steal information. That gives them the capacity to conduct undetected espionage."
"I have to agree with what Senator Udall said when I came in about this being a reckless and an unrealistic budget."
"I want to publicly thank you for the call you made to our adjutant general after the avalanche in March injured six soldiers."
"It is going to be quite a shock to a lot of landowners, ranchers and all, in Texas and elsewhere when they see what it would mean."
"Your budget would starve the Department of its ability to enforce environmental safeguards, protect wildlife, and manage our cherished public lands."
"But your budget would abandon the Land and Water Conservation Fund and Congress' bipartisan promise to the American people."
"I thank you, Madam Chair and Senator Udall. I also appreciate what you said about, basically, regular order."
"The Senate would be better, and the country would be better."
"Unfortunately, abuse of the patent system is delaying patient access to new, more affordable, FDA-approved medicines."
"I have watched with pride a lot of our National Guard units around the country, but they're not law enforcement units, and they're not trained for that, and should not be."