I am deeply appreciative of the attention given to this issue by Senator Nelson, Congressman Wexler and others.

I can assure you they are going to be educated, by the time they get confirmed, about Chinese drywall.

This testing is scheduled to begin during the first week of June.

We respectfully request that the Committee include $2 million for the CPSC to fully investigate and evaluate the defective drywall.

I want you all to do--I won't take this stuff out, because I was handling it all of yesterday.

I want to see, first of all, why we have not had responsiveness from the EPA.

Such tests would allow the Federal Government to fully understand the scope of the health and public safety risks posed by this product.

So, you're going to have the leadership that is going to try to tackle this issue.

But, were something to happen like that, whereby we didn't get it through the supplemental appropriations bill, it is our expectation, within the monies that you have in your two respective agencies, that you'll go on and get this next…

Letters from Governor Crist on April 3 and 29 to the heads of the EPA, CDC, and CPSC, in addition to inquiries from Senator Nelson have prompted clear commitments from the U.S. EPA and the CPSC.

Here is some Chinese drywall for you. It is not painted.

the U.S. Government, in its role as a protector of consumers, has got to do its job, and to do it swiftly and accurately.

You understand that I don't want words, I want action.

Now, I think, Ms. Southerland, you get the gist, that in an emergency letter that comes to you, a reply, two and a half months later, is not acceptable.

Thank you for your consideration of this important request.

I just received word that they are working out that our $2 million for this next round of testing is going to be in the supplemental bill that we're going to pass today on appropriations.

So much so that I went in homes that had the coils replaced three times on their air-conditioners.

I've been in several of these homes, and what you see here are coils on an air-conditioner.