I think this country has made the right decision in ensuring that hard-working people, who lose their jobs through no fault of their own in an economic downturn, have some support until they can get themselves back on their feet and find…

I'm very proud of the fact that the Congress took this action. It was the right thing to do from a moral perspective, and it's the right thing to do from an economic perspective, and now we've just got to make sure it works.

The administrative funds, have those been put to use, or has the timeframe just been too short?

It's also economically the right thing to do, because if you're not paying your mortgage and your house goes into foreclosure, that means one more house in the neighborhood that's under water, and it has an impact on everybody else, all…

The EPA has found that increasing greenhouse gas concentrations pose a threat to human health due to a number of factors including more deaths attributed to heat and the increase in vector-borne diseases.

Much of the testimony has been informed by the latest, peer-reviewed science and represents a consensus of the scientific community on the nature of the climate system's warming.

Climate change will likely have an impact on our Nation's treasure, the Chesapeake Bay.

I want to thank Chairman Boxer for her work in keeping the focus on sound science as this debate continues.

The choice between security and liberty is a false choice, as nothing is more likely to endanger Americans' liberty than the success of a terrorist attack at home.

If there is not a red flag nationally about a problem that would warrant notifying Montgomery County, but Montgomery County has part of a scenario but not everything, how does it fill in the blanks without having greater access than I…

This Subcommittee will also have to deal with the PATRIOT Act. Several provisions of the PATRIOT Act will expire this year, and Congress will need to consider extending those provisions or modifying them.

I consider this to be our most important responsibility in making sure that actionable intelligence information is gathered in a way that is made accessible to those who can prevent terrorist activities in our country.

Well, continuing this line, because I think this is really the critical part, we are trying to get it right on sharing of information.

I do not know whether the local law enforcement has enough dots to connect, and they may very well need to access the national data bank in order to get the missing dot that makes the connections.

But today we start with what I think to be one of the most important functions of Government, and that is to keep our people safe.

I intend for this Subcommittee to play an active role in that regard.

I wanted to thank you for calling today's hearing to enable us to assess the nature of the systemic risk posed by large financial institutions.

the thing that I guess I am concerned about is we are putting all this money in these banks and where the rubber meets the road is on my street.