If this proposal is the best that we can do as a Nation, then we do not deserve, I believe, the rich heritage of human space flight.
I want to thank you for holding this very important hearing on the WMATA budget.
Seeing some of these people in orange jumpsuits may be one of the best remedial actions we can take.
I would urge HUD and the HUD inspector general to continue to work with the Department of Justice and Treasury.
That which is measured gets done.
If the Federal Government increases its investment in the system, it should also increase its oversight of operations and capital projects, ...
the March 2010 audit of Metro's safety program by the Federal Transit Administration, requested by Senator Mikulski.
We have been down the road of promises before, both the Federal Government, when we promised funding and broke that promise.
The FTA audit found that Metro didn't have a list of the top 10 safety and hazard concerns.
Sir, would you identify and would you agree that those are the top 10 things that need to be changed?
I think the biggest role of Congress is we are in the prevention business.
the fact is, is that helps maintain the status quo in good operating order.
This demonstrates the President's commitment to smart growth, his recognition that it is in the Federal Government's interest to alleviate a...
It is time to retire the space shuttle, and the President provides for that at the end of calendar 2010.
I believe that there hasn't been nationally, in every agency, the kind of vigor that we need really in pursuing Medicare and Medicaid fraud.
I would strongly recommend in the interim, people who have those concerns bring it to those that they elected to represent them in the workp...
Do you have any advice and direction on things that we could actually be doing right now, working with the--working with Commerce--Census, s...
I believe that there is a real commitment on this subcommittee, and people like Senator Tom Coburn had excellent ideas.
