The record will remain open.

We look to the Federal Government, the Justice Department, as providing the strength to fight those issues.

The hearing is adjourned.

I commend you for the legislation that you have introduced.

Thank you for holding this hearing, and I want to thank you for your support for what is often described as the Nation's Metro system.

I do want to acknowledge most particularly the efforts of the Majority Leader, Congressman Steny Hoyer, who has played such a key role in this regard.

I want to thank you for your support for what is often described as the Nation's Metro system

we look forward to continuing to work with you on that effort

I encourage you, and Mr. Chairman, thank you for proposing that we use stimulus dollars to keep some of these lines and services operational.

I do have a concern. I know you hopefully have received a letter that Steny Hoyer and I and Donna Edwards sent to you and your team about the cuts that have been made in Metrobus in the suburban Maryland area.

For that reason, I was extremely pleased to join so many of my colleagues in cosponsoring the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009.

The persistence of any element of unequal treatment that prevents any American from achieving the full measure of her potential, while enjoying the full benefits of the rights guaranteed by our Constitution, is simply unacceptable.

I hope today's hearing helps shed light on the continuing practices that prevent full equality in the workplace.

I am deeply disappointed that our mothers and sisters have to face not only the rising tide of unemployment, but also what amounts to a gender tax.

I think this country has made the right decision in ensuring that hard-working people, who lose their jobs through no fault of their own in an economic downturn, have some support until they can get themselves back on their feet and find another job.

I'm very proud of the fact that the Congress took this action. It was the right thing to do from a moral perspective, and it's the right thing to do from an economic perspective, and now we've just got to make sure it works.

It's also economically the right thing to do, because if you're not paying your mortgage and your house goes into foreclosure, that means one more house in the neighborhood that's under water, and it has an impact on everybody else, all the neighbors.

The administrative funds, have those been put to use, or has the timeframe just been too short?