Now, doesn't the fact that the FSOC has only designated four non-banks as SIFIs since 2010 confirm that the FSOC is not arbitrarily imposing SIFI designations on all non-bank financial firms, but instead acting responsibly to protect…

I think the negotiations that you have completed should be accepted by the Congress.

I want to commend you and your entire team for the report that you have brought forward.

I would remind members that in the Skinny Budget, one of the reasons why we would be-- why the administration wants to eliminate the budget for this program, which I think is incredibly valuable, is to move that money to the Department of…

A timeline with a sense of urgency would be very important for the commission.

It is a compliment to you and the industry for the work that you have done together.

Last weekend, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, we had a very good bipartisan hearing on recommendations by the business community that regularly oversees the Department of Defense budget and they identified $125 billion of…

I would not ask that question or make that observation if I did not know the answer.

Mr. President, I speak on behalf of myself and Senator Harris to reintroduce legislation to establish the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, California's first National Heritage Area. I am very pleased to work with…

Bravo. Thank you very, very much, and to your entire team. Great to see you.

I am troubled, however, by the recent press reports that the new administration plans to eliminate nearly 40 separate programs at EPA, including the Brownfields Program.

I hope it will continue to receive bipartisan support in the future, and we support an increase for the EPA for this program.

Let's hope the President agrees with him.

Yes. And to what level?

Based on current appropriations to the Brownfields Program, we know that EPA can only fund 30 percent of qualified applications.

For properties that are acquired by local government voluntarily, the Superfund law treats these parties the same as any other bona fide prospective purchaser.

I can envision if we are going to be appropriate as a Government, and maybe in the future what we have is a speed limit technology...

Are we looking at possibly in the near future where people get in their car and they push a button...