The Commission made many recommendations but at its heart subjected a shift, as I understand it, from our current fundin...
I'm very grateful for the work that has been done at NORTHCOM to improve our homeland security since September 11.
I think certainly there may be a need for additional manpower; whether that is best provided by National Guard or additi...
Let me ask you to indicate to us how much of a threat to our homeland security you view drug-related violence from Mexic...
We can design that system if we focus on doing what is best for the American people and the U.S. economy in the long run...
This is incredibly unacceptable, and the fact is that these companies going broke, companies like AIG, it makes perfect ...
We should not be financing one dime of bonuses for AIG employees, for executives whose actions took the form of reckless...
We need tough insurance regulations that promote common sense and prevent Wall Street from building castles in the sand ...
If this is the way Wall Street and AIG and all the others continue to do business, we cannot help with any amount of mon...
The only reason that they even have a job is because of the taxpayers and their ability to put forth money to this.
The American people, as we all understand, are outraged, and they should be.
Our communities are moving way ahead of us and we need to catch up with them.
This is not a question of being anti-highway. We understand that.
As Chairman of this Committee, I intend to make public transportation a priority.
Transit is a fundamental building block of economic growth.
Federal leadership in transportation is one of the keys to getting our economy growing again.
I have written President Obama, urging him to establish a White House Office of Sustainable Development.
I was disappointed that the administration's budget included a provision that would weaken these guarantees.
