we care a lot about infrastructure. In our state, that was really brought home to us when we had our bridge collapse, I-35W bridge.

Now that Begich is gone, I can say that, now that he's done touting Anchorage.

I believe that the medical device industry contains a wealth of expertise that is too often neglected when considering changes to the device review process.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act. The severity of our Nation's fiscal crisis cannot be overstated. More than 14 million Americans are looking for…

There really is a return on investment on this, and it saves money, but it also saves lives.

we have to find ways in which to bring down costs to society and costs to the Government.

This is a bipartisan thing. I wrote a letter to make sure that we keep funding for this, and I got bipartisan support.

more families are staying together, are being reunited.

Hope is--what is it?--fear that said its prayers.

It shows again this is not a Democratic problem or a Republican problem; it is all of our problems.

I just wanted to end--I will maybe have one more question when we come back and talk about the drug court graduations...

I think that just shows the bipartisan support for moving forward with drug courts.

The numbers which my colleagues have mentioned are astounding: 75 percent of drug court graduates will not be arrested again.

Very good. I just had one question...

Senators Grassley and Schumer and I have been working on a number of bills to include these types of substances on the list of illegal drugs.

We also urge you to include technology and/or engineering teachers alongside math and science teachers as eligible participants in all programs enacted to recruit, train, mentor, retain, and further educate K-12 teachers.

According to the testimony yesterday we had in Judiciary on VAWA, maybe the most important period of time for a woman leaving an abusive situation is right after she has left.

I have introduced bipartisan legislation that would prohibit any State, local, or tribal hospital from billing rape victims for their rape kits.