So, could you give this committee an update of where the States are regarding this issue?

So, will you supply this committee that information and then also supply us the information regarding the stockpile, verifying whether, in fact, that is happening within the States?

So can you provide for this committee where the $5.6 billion has gone?

As a representative of the 37th Congressional District, I understand the critical importance of developing effective nuclear biological and radiological and chemical countermeasures.

So whether folks were supposed to have taken it or not, it is my understanding that KI is currently only required to be stockpiled within the 10-mile radius.

I come by way of California, and of the more recent situation with Japan where there is quite an outcry for potassium iodide.

I am not convinced at this point that we are properly ready.

Latin America has dropped from 14 percent of the foreign assistance budget to just 10 percent, at a time when all these issues I talked about at the beginning are rising.

I believe this constant march, where we see aid to Latin America and the Caribbean move in a downward slope, is not in the national and security interests of the United States.

These cuts could have real, negative ramifications for U.S. interests abroad, and severely damage our efforts to promote human rights, democracy, and free markets.

Unchecked corporate spending in elections is, in fact, a form of corruption.

I would step away from that advantage and be willing to take on an opponent with a lot less money.

I do not understand how you can have 'corporate personhood.' That is really from Oz.

Restoring a government of, by, and for the people requires reforming the way we finance Congressional campaigns.

Why is it that the same Congress that authorizes the VA to negotiate discounts on pharmaceuticals has made it illegal for the government to negotiate such discounts for millions more of our elderly and disabled?

That is why I introduced the Fair Elections Now Act, with 12 of my Senate colleagues.

This Fair Elections Now Act will amplify the voice of everyday Americans and, I hope, will break some of the gridlock in Washington.

The point I am getting to is people want disclosure. They want to know, 'Durbin, who is it that is supporting you?' And they are going to ask the hard questions.