this is an area where government is supposed to be doing it.

I was so excited when the Los Angeles people came to me because it was actually Mayor Villaraigosa but also the Chamber there, the unions there, everyone together.

Mr. President, I have the same request. I call for regular order with respect to my amendment No. 7, and I send a modification to the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is so modified. The amendment, as modified, is as follows: At…

I do not think the Bush administration did a good job on IP. I do not think this administration has done a good job in protecting intellectual property.

I know there were a lot of false rumors about our bill last year, and I fought back on those.

I plan on sending a letter to Google. And with the authority that we have to subpoena, if they do not answer us, then I will seek my colleague and we will subpoena an answer to these questions since they refuse to come and testify.

Well, they would definitely have a pretty hard hit on it, on how they are going to handle it.

As a general principle, though, and following up on Mr. Woodall's comments as well, as a general principle, if you subsidize something, you get more of it; if you tax something, you get less of it.

Like to keep it that way.

My fear is right now we are more worried about balancing the budget and what effect that will have on our economy than we are about dealing with our debt.

I am kind of astounded by that to say, well, add a tax burden on them, which will cause them to drill less and to research less for things like IDCs and such.

I just don't hear anyone that I am interacting with saying, you know, if we just get to $26 trillion in debt, I think we will be fine.

I want to express my appreciation to first and foremost of course to both Chairmen and both Ranking Members of the two Subcommittees for holding this hearing.

My belief is that the key to these programs has been the combined efforts of DOD, DOS, the chiefs of mission, and combatant commanders working together to increase the capabilities of our partner nations to provide for their own security…

Mr. Panetta, during the New START hearings, General Chilton was asked by Senator Feingold whether the New START treaty allowed the United States to 'maintain a nuclear arsenal that is . . . more than is needed to guarantee an adequate…

Mr. Panetta, if confirmed, will you continue to work on improving and expanding this program, to include statute and funding changes?

If held at locations in other countries such as Afghanistan or Yemen, isn't there a greater risk of escape, attack on the prison, or release of these terrorists?

I felt we cut our force too deep during the Clinton administration which resulted in our need to increase the force in 2007.