Anyone who drives a car, heats or cools their home, or eats food will be affected by the legislation we're discussing today.

We need a large, healthy bat population in the United States and across the planet. Bats are important to agriculture.

So, to put a point on that, as of right now, you don't know the prevalence in the unaffected caves?

I presume that you have gone to caves where the bats are not infected to see if this is part of the normal flora.

It seems like this is an opportunistic infection, if you will.

Now, I am going to ask my staff for the next hearing to design a chart along the Coast from Texas to New York, and indicate how many nursing home patients live within 30 miles of the coast, and I am going to provide those numbers for you.

It becomes a very significant issue for any country, whether it is China or India or other countries that we have seen go through some horrific catastrophic disasters.

I think that your urgency to continue this funding and this legislation speaks to the need of American people.

So it would be helpful to have these Federal assets available to conduct this evacuation.

the Nation's economy depends--and in some measure you could say the world's economy depends on the continued operations of these major ports.

we are in desperate need of the Congress' help to ensure both a reliable response to disaster and to everyday needs.

the essential ingredients of recovery for parents with children is to get their children back in school as soon as possible

this whole idea about getting to defining the objective rather than defining the process.

If you do not have a number to dial to get information... we are in for a very serious situation here.

I will continue to make my voice heard to the President and to the leadership.

we are extremely grateful to you for your steadfast support of this legislation, for your co-sponsorship of the bill, and your ability to deliver on dedicated Federal funding for Louisiana 2-1-1 this year.

So what is your explanation today of that?

we have got to address the broader issue of what are we going to do if, God forbid, we have 200,000 Americans that are homeless again?