Grassley is a very good chairman, very fair, and he tries his very best to be bipartisan, ... But the Senate Finance Committee is made up of a lot of 'true believers' that people should exercise personal responsibility, that the governors will do the right thing... For them, it's about balancing the budget. For me, it's about taking care of a huge chunk of West Virginia... I was a governor, and this makes me very nervous. |
I am deeply concerned that the FAA is losing a number of its most senior safety inspectors and does not have the ability to replace them, |
I am saddened to learn of Bob's passing. Bob was an outstanding journalist and an acute political observer. |
I can't explain him or his policies, |
I don't think so, and that's partly the problem of not checking cargo, and it's partly the problem of biological weapons, which nobody has figured out really what to do about yet, |
I don't think this is the proper time, ... Fox News Sunday. |
I just question whether what you did in Utah sort of says, 'Well, we can do this in all of America,' ... I would suggest to you that in Appalachia and other areas they can't, and I would urgently hope that you would think about this matter now that you have the entire country's population very much at your mercy or at your help. |
I particularly single out baseball. And in baseball, I particularly single out the players because they have negotiated reluctantly, if at all. |
I particularly single out baseball. And in baseball, I particularly single out the players, ... because they have negotiated reluctantly if at all. |
I particularly single out baseball. And in baseball, I particularly single out the players, ... because they have negotiated reluctantly, if at all. |
I really expected that when this hearing came, the new director of national intelligence would be here to talk about threats, |
I think not taking Iran seriously is an enormous mistake. I've always felt that it was much more of a problem than Iraq was. |
I think the fact that all of the lines aren't crossed and every decision isn't made about what powers the [director of national intelligence] has is an advantage for the [director] because a vacuum invites power. I think it is much more important that the [director] be able to come in, he or she, in order to fill that out according to their own instincts, |
I won't believe it until I see it. I don't think it's in their interest to give us those documents, because I think it's going to show some things that are very troublesome to the American people. |
I would call upon my colleagues at the proper time to support this aviation legislation, not to say that it is perfect, not to say that some of this legislation that has risen out of this crisis is perfect, and we will have a chance to revisit and this is only the first of a wave of accountability, |