"You have the record--the letter in the record, but let me note some of those signatories here in order to exemplify the breadth of the industry concern over these proposals."
"Thank you. Continuing with Chairman Muris, Commissioner Rosch said there were no Magnuson-Moss rules since 1978. Is that correct?"
"I know Senator Pryor's prior record in enforcement, and he would've done the rules a lot faster."
"Consumer advocates believe we need to liberate the FTC from statutory limitations that have shackled the Commission from aggressively and effectively addressing abusive commercial practices."
"We can bring much-needed transparency to financial services by fully preserving the FTC's enormously important role in protecting consumers from unfair or deceptive practices and strengthening that au..."
"I would support a prevalence requirement that meant something."
"So more local programming, quicker access to On Demand, and more content over the Internet."
"I understand what Senator Kaufman and you are saying about expanding the budget. I also worry about the national debt."
"Did we make a mistake by changing the focus and accessibility of American Centers and what is the future there?"
"Our ranking member on the full committee, Senator Lugar, has championed reversing this retrenchment of the American Centers."
"What strategy would we have to find some more?"
"The decision was made around 1998, 1999, to move those within the Embassy and, as you might expect, the attendance at these centers dropped considerably."
"Public diplomacy represents an indispensable component of any viable foreign policy."
"Thank you, Senator Kaufman, for convening this hearing to evaluate the future of U.S. public diplomacy."
"It's my hope that this hearing will allow us to identify some of the challenges faced by previous under secretaries."
"We must continue to make those critical investments in preparedness even in these tough economic times because preparedness and mitigation is cost-effective."
"I hope that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle will end this dangerous budgetary strategy and pursue a course that provides our first responders with the financial certainty they need to ful..."
"Therefore, I am concerned that the proposals to decrease FEMA's budget could limit the progress the agency has experienced in the last few years."
