"I think ultimately by extending the time, I think the scanning mandate would be something that some of us would expect to be followed."
"Let us take maritime cargo. As you know, Congress some time ago passed a 100 percent screening mandate, and there have been issues around it."
"The picture it presents is potentially devastating to the Department."
"The 112th Congress has not produced any of the 12 appropriations bills needed to fund the Government."
"Surely, DHS has a right to expect some predictability and certainty as it pursues its counterterrorism and homeland security activities."
"democracy is on the march in North Africa and the Middle East."
"this notion that Government can provide all the defenses necessary to protect us from any of these threats, I think, at best is a novel, if not something that learned individuals know we can't fully a..."
"I think it is the stated position of the Administration, and certainly my position, that we want private sector capital to return to the market to replace taxpayer guaranteed mortgages."
"Is this, in your judgment, General, an isolated incident? Or is it an example of the contagion that is sweeping the entire region?"
"I don't see why on a bipartisan basis and a bicameral basis we can't decide as a Congress to fund the military capabilities of this Nation on a permanent basis."
"The Air Force plans to conduct a full and open competition for the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform program."
"I ardently believe that competition always provides best-value to the warfighter and the American taxpayers."
"Yes. The Air Force will conduct a source selection for the Common Vertical Lift Support Platform program based on a full and open competition."
"Please provide an update on Global Hawk Operations in Libya and in Japan."
"Dodd-Frank is a familiar term. Less familiar is Franken-Wicker, but it was an amendment that Al Franken and I authored."
"Our amendment would have required the securitized product to be assigned for rating by the SEC rather than having the companies themselves shop around for their favorite rating agency."
"recognizing that the Pakistan Counterinsurgency Capability Fund provides the Government of Pakistan with critical goods that are manufactured here in the United States, what is the status of DOD's cer..."
"How does a potential Taiwan F-16 Letter of Request for Letter of Acceptance affect U.S. Air Force plans?"
