"We must do more to educate, protect, and empower consumers."
"I would encourage FAA to make that requirement."
"At present, decisions by the Board are not precedential, meaning that regional offices are free to ignore decisions of the Board."
"Tackling the problems will require action on many fronts."
"The goal of the Committee is to ensure that claims are adjudicated accurately, in a timely fashion, and as close to the veteran's home as possible."
"I think that this is a really good time for the FAA to review the safety needs at this airport."
"Moving to a paperless file system with electronic medical information must remain a top priority for VA."
"It will be important that TARP resources be used for lending, but they must not be used to support predatory lending."
"How do we create a regulatory structure that better protects working families against predatory practices?"
"Families have been pushed into mortgage products with associated risks and costs that they could not afford."
"I would tell you that one of the huge problems that this country has is that this country is financially illiterate."
"I look upon what is happening as something that will affect our entire country, including Hawaii."
"I want to thank you for holding this timely hearing."
"Service and deliveries may need to be cut back in order to balance the books of the Postal Service."
"Mr. Potter, GAO and others have stated that it is important for the Postal Service to work with the unions in much the same way to realign labor needs with the needs of the postal workforce."
"The postal reform bill we passed in 2006 intended to make the Postal Service operate even more like a business, as we have said, and be independent of any Federal funding."
"Could a public works program like that be useful in the economic situation we find the country in today?"
"the Veterans' Health Care Budget Reform Act which received bipartisan support to achieve sufficient, timely and predictable veterans' health care funding."
