"So again, I am concerned that we are trying to fear-monger here, we are trying to scare the American public, and if we plan for this, it would not be pleasant, but it would not have to be a crisis if we plan."
"I think that is a very irresponsible assumption."
"Senator Carper's bill to require an OPM recalculation to correct the mistakes and balance the accounts is desperately needed to stop the crippling payments."
"I came to Washington because we are bankrupting this Nation. We are here at a very serious time."
"We simply cannot afford to have inefficient and ineffective Government."
"I used the analogy earlier today, because I have a dirty garage, but if you are going to try and clean it, you start somewhere."
"That has to be such an incredible understatement. That is unbelievably understated."
"I think the fundamental issue here is the fact that there is a trade-off between safety and economic activity."
"I think we have overregulated. I think regulation is strangling our economy."
"I do not have a great deal of faith in government's ability to estimate costs."
"Did the EPA just admit that their estimates for mercury were 1,000 times overstated? And is that the basis of your net analysis?"