It is not whether you are for big government or small government, but are you for smart government?

We regard this as one of the greatest threats facing the United States of America.

I am looking for a comprehensive effort tasked by the White House to the Attorney General's office.

We are really proud of law enforcement because they knew where to go.

I intend to be a watchdog and a reformer in terms of the administration.

We are not going to go back to the boondoggle that we had with the previous attempt.

Well, in light of what has happened, I think there are going to be a lot of recommendations, and we would welcome your views on that.

I am here to pinpoint.

I think there does need to be adequate training, and I think that is a core function of what these grant-making entities need to do.

Because they had been trained, equipped, and trusted, we were able to bring that sniper to justice.

We are all deeply troubled by this watch list, and the watch lists don't seem to be working the way they were intended.

That is like 10 percent of the Government's funding.

We often in Congress will provide money for staff, but then not for training or for technology that maximizes the efficacy of what they are doing.

Well, we estimate that we won't be marking up our bill, of course, until June, waiting for the House.

I, and speaking for Senator Shelby, who himself is a watchdog on these issues, we would very much appreciate it.

Thank you to This Subcommittee for Fiscal Year 2010 Funding and to Senator Mikulski for Statements at the Recent Help Hearing Regarding Backlog and Need for Confirmation of EEOC Nominees.

We just don't want to be spending money. We also want to be able to get results for our science.

Close to a $9 billion appropriations request, $5 billion of that in NOAA; and of that, 35 percent, this satellite program that seems vociferous.