"This election is about ensuring the successes over the last several years are maintained," said the younger Mr. Hevesi.
"You have an enormous amount of space that needs to be maintained," said Diane M. Coffey, a trustee.
"It has always been important both to Dr. Rowe and to MIT to have a place where strict confidentiality is maintained," said Carl Valvo, Rowe's personal attorney.
"Our focus is on preserving the infrastructure and ensuring that safety is maintained," said Phillip Eng, the regional director for the Transportation Department.
"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel in the reserves who leads the military and strategic affairs program at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv.
"As you would expect, a 75-year-old span needs to be maintained," said Judie Glave, a spokeswoman at the transportation authority.
There is a "bipartisan desire within the Finance Committee to ensure funding for CHIP is continued and services for vulnerable children is maintained," said Hatch spokeswoman Julia Lawless.
But that is not the reason an open Web should be maintained, said William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International's United States operations.
"We are glad that in fact the status quo has been maintained," said Joseph Strasburg, president of the Rent Stabilization Association, a major owners' group.
"Even I've been amazed at the sheer level of activity she's maintained," said Thomas J. Dolan, a longtime Xerox executive and her older brother.
