Patty Murray actually said...

"I did want to start by thanking you for finally budgeting some adequate levels of funding for the Pacific Northwest National Lab which is in my State."

"I'm very concerned that if the United States doesn't have the proper tools and doesn't have a presence, we are going to be behind a lot of people very quickly."

"I do want to say to you that you have some great people working in your agency, from Coast Guard to FEMA folks. We've had a lot of weather-related disasters in my State and these people have saved liv..."

"I commend to you the nomination of Peter Rogoff to be our next Federal Transit Administrator."