Quotable

“I applaud the employees who are returning the bonuses. I think they are being responsive to the American people.”

Andrew Cuomo

New York attorney general, saying 15 employees who received some of the largest bonuses from American International Group Inc. have agreed to return more than $30 million worth of payments in full.

“I sleep better knowing the scientists are at work at the AVO (Alaska Volcano Observatory) keeping track of this activity.”

U.S. Sen. Mark Begich

In a letter to Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who had sneered at the volcano monitoring project, which warned flight officials this week when Alaska’s Mount Redoubt volcano blew.

Jindal’s lambasting the project was part of the GOP’s opposition to the stimulus pakcage.