"I can tell you that credits on thin seam coal or the credits on tight sands for drilling basically when it goes to $12 and $14 an mcf might not still be needed."
"I can't again overemphasize the sense of urgency I feel and my commitment to doing everything possible to change what's in effect is an internal intra-government set of regulations that hamstrings us ..."
"I thank you very much."
"The Independent Payment Advisory Board was not a death panel. It is not about rationing care."
"We cannot let them live and die in poverty. We owe them the final days of security and dignity."
"Well, if the Republicans win, you are going to have a good Medicare program, but not me."
"There will now be free annual wellness visits."
"But we now face a stark choice as to how to do that, and that choice will have a profound effect on seniors today, but also the seniors of tomorrow."
"I am disturbed and troubled that there are those who would destroy our basic democratic principles for their own political aggrandizement."
"the Republican budget that was put out for discussion a few weeks ago, to me, absolutely breaks that promise for the future."
"First of all, health reform, national health reform does not cut benefits for seniors."