I wanted to start out by commending your agents for the great work they did on that Tom Petters case.

I am going to use--one example is a bill that I am introducing in the next few days, a bipartisan bill on the stalker bill, and this is called the Stalking Act of 2010.

we are at the tip of the iceberg with some of these things we are seeing recently

public-private partnership is vital to the development of a comprehensive, innovative solution that improves and expands our Nation's capabilities

But I wanted to focus on something I know Senator Whitehouse talked about a little, and that is, cyber crime and cybersecurity.

Madam Speaker, perhaps my career as a public schoolteacher and having survived 20 years of the high school lunchroom makes me more optimistic than some of my colleagues in here--the idea of the trust that I have in our young people and in…

we are very proud of you, Mr. O'Neill, for the work you did on the Exxon Valdez case

we just have an interest that the people who have been victimized in so many different ways by this oil spill in the gulf are not victimized twice

I think we all know that we can also make errors here, and we want to make sure that whatever we do in response to the spill with looking at the liability statutes, there clearly improvements that need to be made, that we do the right…

As we all know, on April 20th, tragedy struck in the Gulf of Mexico.

I know that those were not included, the assets of the license and the boats.

I am hopeful that we will learn from their experiences so we know how to better help the victims of this latest oil spill.

You need to spell it out in the bill in much more precision than is in OPA 90.

Did the oil spill affect the ability of the local government to deliver services?

Is that also your experience, Mr. Banta?

I have been disappointed they did not have this kind of equipment ready, because even though the chances for such a blowout were small, it was always possible.

OPA 90 does not allow recovery for the permits or the boats.

The victims of the Valdez recovered for 1 year of fish price loss, for the most part 1 year of catch.