I think we need to strike the right balance.

Our Representatives in Congress need our help in resisting the financial and political power of the insurance lobby.

In the last Congress, working with the Chairman as well as with Senators Lieberman and Levin, our Committee was able to pass important reforms to the Federal contracting process.

The Inspectors General are vital partners in our effort to identify inefficient, ineffective, and improper government programs.

As General Skinner knows, we have worked very closely together on some of the FEMA reforms and the anti-waste, fraud, and abuse legislation for the Department of Homeland Security.

It doesn't make sense to carve out investigators and auditors.

There is no one in the Congress who has a better understanding of Federal contracting of auditing issues than you do.

I would welcome the opportunity to make just a few comments, and I will put my full statement into the record.

The Inspectors General are vital partners in Congress's effort to identify inefficient, ineffective, and improper government programs.

Last Congress, working with Senators Lieberman, McCaskill, and Levin, our Committee was able to pass important reforms to the Federal contracting process and to strengthen our Nation's IGs.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

By leveraging the expertise and independence of Inspectors General and their staffs, Congress has been able to identify, and take action to stop, wasteful spending.

I have introduced a bipartisan bill with Senator Herb Kohl and Senator Voinovich that would seek to provide that authority across government.

Well, it is interesting because CNN Money on April 20th noted that only 14 percent of small business owners expect a positive impact from the stimulus, but more than twice that number, 31 percent, expect the impact of the stimulus to be…

we need to think of some kind of reasonable cyber training.

it is time to provide formal training on safe Internet use for students.

It seems to me that prior to going forward with the commitment of additional troops, that the administration should have already established specific benchmarks.

It is in Pakistan that al Qaeda's senior leadership and other trans-national extremist elements are located.