I think this is such a critically important response and quick response to this horrible tragedy.
I do want to kind of pick up from where Senator Coburn has taken the discussion, which is security is--I guess if I can just say it this way...
Maybe we ought to rethink that as a strategy.
We are all frustrated here with this process.
We have multiple examples now of where we failed in the clearance system.
I might expect you to think about doing that in a building that houses thousands of people in a city that frequently is a target symbolicall...
There has to be serious consequences for not reporting. There has to be serious consequences for lying.
When you apply for this clearance, you waive your right to privacy.
It seems like there might be some cost/benefit in safety in looking at electronic surveillance.
It is troubling that there does not seem to be a lot of kind of creative thinking on how we can use the resources we have more effectively t...
The first obligation of any employer is safety.
It costs a lot of money when you are talking about a billion dollars per plant in excessive coal use.
We desperately need to be thinking about how we protect consumers, how we get access to those markets.
Home ownership is the bedrock of really our political philosophy, also the bedrock of wealth creation for many, many middle-class families.
Let me assure you, it does because it is a further reflection of an attitude that has been pervasive by this Administration that tells anybo...
I think these hearings are just so valuable for us to gather information.
I would like to submit my letter of invitation to you of October 18 into the record, if I could, Mr. Chairman?
I am struck because we are talking not only about the shutdown, but we are also talking about this uncertainty about the debt limit and what...
