You've been so good to bring us together. You've labored in this vineyard a long time.

I think all of us understand, and I think would agree, that protecting and defending our Nation and getting the size of our military and our costs in DOD right is one of our most significant responsibilities as Congress.

I think the concept is so different in Afghanistan, and that is why I am just curious.

we want to get this right, and appreciate your information.

there have been concerns about inefficiencies and overspending in contracting.

Now, President Obama has said, and I agree... why not put forward a moratorium, a 90-day moratorium until we can get our hands around the size of the problem?

What are we going to do to keep folks in their homes that don't have, by no fault of their own?

We are losing 6,300 homes to foreclosure every day. That is 46,000 every week.

We will throw out a strong helping hand to the banks, to the automobiles, to industry, to others... but to the poor, struggling homeowner, we give no kind of help.

the U.S. healthcare system scored 65 out of 100 possible points on 37 indicators of performance

If the international community invested a total of $5 billion annually, we would reduce emissions caused by clearing tropical forests by 20 percent in the year 2020

submerged is a frightening word to States, such as New Jersey, that have 127 miles of incredibly important coastline

more than 20 percent of the world's global warming pollution each year comes from deforestation

I think OSCE could play a critical role in dealing with Russia, because Russia is a participating state.

I think transparency is at the heart of it, because once we have transparency, then there's an opportunity to really sort of see what the implications of policy are.

I agree precisely with what you said. I think it's exactly what we need to do.

I want to underscore Darfur and Sudan. The Secretary indicated the need to make sure that the personnel commitments are made to that region to stop the human rights violations and genocide.

We have to understand that, for us, it's obviously critical that this be addressed; it is a direct and immediate threat to us, as the President and the Secretary have said.