I think that's very important for us to understand, that we're talking about two different pots of money here.

Without their dedication, this vital work could not be done.

I am troubled, obviously, by the prospect of the Postal Service laying off 13,000 people in this terrible economy.

Many Federal employees place their very lives at risk on a daily basis.

That would be very helpful because, obviously, if there is an imbalance, that is a problem at this time of great budget strain.

While the Consumer Product Safety Commission is a relatively small agency, it has a critical mission of keeping the public safe from dangerous products.

The success of that depends on close coordination with the Commission, and the Commission was charged with developing a comprehensive risk assessment.

I authored provisions of your new law that were intended to bring about better coordination and information sharing between the Commission and Customs and Border Protection.

This is really critical to keeping dangerous products from ever coming into our country in the first place.

I am going to offer an amendment to put the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman on that council.

I was alarmed to learn that CBP had so little authority, prior to this law, to actually seize and destroy dangerous consumer products.

I have had a great interest in seeing the Commission establish position limits to apply to the energy markets.

I think you have a good point about de minimis business, but you ought to complete the work on it...

That's just really troubling.

I think so. I think so. Thank you.

There should be a committee of Congress watching this, following this, making certain that we are moving toward the same goal.

I also believe in effective congressional oversight.

At a time when healthcare costs are spiraling out of sight, and the cost of prescription drugs is a major part of that, the idea that consumers are paying $35 billion more, over the last--or over the next 10 years because of these…