"The rules are putting people out of work."
"Attacking this budget request, without producing an alternative, requires almost no work at all, and even less courage."
"I believe in the short term that is an essential component to moving forward."
"We hope, Mr. Weiss, that you can help the committee as we continue to work toward legislation to advance good governance, as well as fiscal transparency and accountability."
"I hope he can help the committee as we look to work on legislation to advance good governance as well as fiscal transparency and accountability."
"Did I hear you say that since the Marine Mammal Protection Act passed, that sea lions have increased six-fold?"
"And that would allow for some taking of sea lions to help reduce their numbers so the salmonids have an opportunity to mature."
"This is my first introduction to this subject, so please bear with me and be kind of creative here."
"I want to know what kind of milestones, specific milestones, we would have to enact prior--as conditions precedent to authorizing a bankruptcy."
"I want to let you know that the transportation bill that the President signed into law has a December 10 deadline on making Wyoming whole for past raids on its AML money."
"Last week, the President signed into law a fix to prevent the raiding of AML money, which requires some of these payments to be restored to Wyoming."