I find it really troubling, and particularly now 2 months later, that a unilateral decision by a President of the United States... could set a very disturbing precedent for how decisions are made for the use of force.

We need to constantly be vigilant.

I hope we can work with you on that because we are going to come up with some suggestions as to how we can implement the intentions of this policy but in a way that our friends and people whose governmental systems are pretty stable can…

I just find that extremely odd.

That disturbs me in terms of precedent.

Clearly, anything would have to----

The bottom line is we need credible, enforceable minimum safety standards for our rail transit systems.

This is the strategy Senator Warner has been advancing in a stand-alone legislative proposal.

This is not acceptable to the Obama administration.

As Secretary LaHood has mentioned several times, there is no point in using Federal dollars to buy brand spanking new buses for transit systems if they cannot afford to pay the drivers to put those buses into service.

I would agree. I've had, as you know, many concerns about Chinese expansionist activities, particularly the South China Sea area sovereignty issues.

I don't see how we can discuss the reality of this issue without addressing China's influence.

Given the progress that has been made, obviously people do take it seriously. And I think it is a testament to your effectiveness as well, Ms. Sherry.

Are there incentives within DHS to make sure that various components of DHS take material weaknesses seriously and understand we have to have an unqualified audit?

Given the situation were are in today, if we really mean what we say about caring about its fiscal plight, why wouldn't we rescind those restrictions and let 1,000 flowers bloom to see what works?

Congress does not require it of anyone else, and it is costing them billions of dollars every year.

If we are serious about making the Postal Service successful as we move forward in this century...

I commend to my colleagues, because as someone who ran a local government for a long time, historically, a lot of post offices have the stovepipe model; we are separate unto ourselves and sovereign, and don't bother us.