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The Consumer Product Safety Commission is an extremely important agency that oversees the safety of over 15,000 consumer products.

If confirmed, you will take over as Chair of the Commission at a very challenging time.

I would like to thank the Chairman and Ranking Member for holding today's hearing.

I guess I would ask of you is, as you take these issues on, that you take into consideration the impact on rural areas.

I think the best way to resolve that is to ensure there is more competition in the last mile.

I hope the Commission can put a stake through the heart of that thing once and for all.

I look forward to continuing to work with you upon your confirmation on a lot of issues.

I do want to point out, though, and I respect where Mr. Inslee is coming from, but the line of questioning I felt with Mr. Rehberg assumes that climate change alone is the only factor contributing to this problem.

I am opposed to the ACES bill as it currently stands. It is incomplete and imperfect.

Some of my goals for energy and climate change legislation include: protecting South Dakotans from a rise in electricity rates.

It seems to me at least, that that info being shared from a carrier to another prospective employer would be a very practical consideration.

The captain had a history of multiple FAA certificate disapprovals involving flight checks conducted before his employment with Colgan.

We feel it's critical that we work to get something that we can begin fielding into our forces.

Is the Army experiencing other shortfalls in other areas when it comes to equipment and trying to meet some of the changing dynamics of operations in Afghanistan relative to what we've been dealing with in Iraq?

We have to be concerned, though, and we all pray that the economy turns around, but for recruiters that'll make life difficult again, I'm sure.

As you all know, the President signaled his intention to move away from the use of supplemental spending bills to deal with overseas operations and instead to incorporate these costs into the regular budgeting process.

While the Army remains the best led, trained, and equipped army in the world, it is out of balance.

The success or failure of our efforts to modernize and transform the force of the future rests on decisions proposed, discussed, and implemented today.