Patty Murray actually said...

"I look forward to hearing from today's witnesses about how we can reclaim our role as the world's leader in rail and get our economy back on track."

"We have got to tackle the deficit and we have got to make sure our children and our grandchildren are not forced to bear the burden of overwhelming debt."

"We cannot continue to focus all of our attention on this one small part of the budget, the discretionary domestic spending."

"We need to tackle the deficit and make sure our children and grandchildren aren't forced to bear the burden for of overwhelming debt."