I think the President has chosen wisely, and I would hope that we could move this nomination expeditiously.

Senator, we have talked before about the need to have greater oversight and to try to focus on things that would improve the overall operations of the Federal Government.

I introduced the concept of utilizing an open source approach to the Vista software...

We thank Senator Menendez and others who have cosponsored S. 1731.

$1 billion from the sale of warrants on TARP funds to the initial capitalization of the NHTF.

I think even in this first hearing we have seen the qualities of energy and inquiry that I think will help make this a very valuable Task Force.

To me, that is a non-starter. We have a country where 1 percent of the population controls more wealth than the lowest 50 percent.

Thank you very much for that.

I'm delighted to hear you say that.

I want to take a moment and express my appreciation to Senator Warner for having stepped up to this.

the sooner you can get it to Providence... God speed.

Are you confident that we have done everything we can to ensure that situation?

I just want to quickly turn the topic because we have focused on commercial enterprises, but there is a growing--this is not a surprise to anybody--concern among municipal governments and State governments about their pension liabilities.

An oasis.

I would hope that the witnesses do not buy into the 2,000-page bill problem/concern.

The pursuit of bi-partisanship should not and cannot lead us beyond the realm of reason, beyond the scope of science.

I want to thank particularly Chairman Conrad for his leadership on this.

The idea that you cannot deal with revenues is almost beyond logic and sanity.