I want to thank all three of our nominees for their willingness to serve in the public.

I look forward to hearing from the nominees, each of whom is being considered for a role that is critically important to the protection of our environment.

It is important for Congress and agencies to carefully evaluate and balance the potential impact before imposing new requirements on small governments.

I am concerned about the shifting to States with regard to our seniors.

Medicaid is a vital program that serves the most vulnerable Americans in this country.

Yet we know that regulations are necessary to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the American public.

As I have said in the past, I fully support a comprehensive review of regulations to ensure that they are effective and efficient.

Some kind of way we got to get there. Because, you know what? Because you are going to always have--I live in the inner, inner, inner-city of Baltimore, so I see it every day.

I want to do everything in my power to protect my constituents who are suffering every day.

We need to... protect consumers, because we can do it and we can do it effectively and efficiently.

I want us to have high standards. I want us to set a model for the world. We are--this is the United States of America, and we are better than that.

Pakistan has to choose sides on what side it is on the war against terror.

It seems to me that we need to be able to confront Pakistan's support for terrorist organizations.

I understand we always need to have strategic partners. But we have a clear rule on terrorism.

I would hope and assume that behind closed doors there are conversations going on that do take the form of confrontation.

Is ISI in your view supporting and coordinating its activities with LT?

I want to go against terrorist organizations, don't get me wrong. My question is Pakistan's complicity here.

What is the time frame for being able to implement this training curriculum?