Thank you on behalf of the other people in my district for taking this job. It is an enormous challenge, and hats off.
Madam Secretary, I am interested in your views on the TSA-prohibited items list and the methodology used to determine what is prohibited.
Thank you, Doctor. I agree with your scientific goals. I hope you are open to achieving some of the economic results downstream on our const...
Would you support ending the ban on small tools?
I do find it unusual, that is the best word that I can say, that you have facilities that I think are still underutilized by the Army.
It is frustrating to me that we still have bio level 3 labs out there in trailers on the desert.
I have supported the Navy's desire to build the OLF provided it was in a place that provided a proper fit for both the Navy and our local co...
We need some good time management practices in Congress.
The public-private partnership idea is one that I think has some value.
It would seem to me you have all the authority in the world.
I believe the authority exists under the Congress for you to be able to do that under TALF with municipal issues.
The announcement of the stress itself has, I think, created stress in a sense in terms of how the private sector looks at the institutions.
I think part of this is that, remember, we do have a legal procedure.
AAA-rated bonds out of municipalities for schools and hospitals has got to be at least as creditworthy as a student loan.
I would hope there is no additional authority that you need at the Fed in order to be able to exercise that authority.
Clarity is very important, the transparency you are talking about.
had we not acted, we would be having a very different conversation in this room today.
Can you imagine if your Social Security were tied into the stock market today, what it would be like?
