So my question is, is the taxpayer seeing a return on this expenditure?

I think that it is really important that the administration continues to drive policies that are really going to have an effect for small businesses in places like Colorado for our community banks.

So my hope is, with SBA Administrator Mills in place now, that we can get the details out.

Having three Cabinet Secretaries be the board of the institution seems to me to be imagining a world that we don't really exist in.

The reserve requirements are making it harder for us to lend, not easier to lend.

This person is a hero for bringing this forward, and we need more, not less, of this.

The problem comes when their perspective is that we are only worried about the risk of these institutions on Wall Street, not about the institutions on Main Street.

Both you and the president have repeatedly called for federal investment in innovative programs with a proven track record of helping schools meet high standards and close the achievement gap.

Healthy habits start early in life, and the public overwhelmingly supports immediate action to reverse the obesity trend.

It is good to once again have the opportunity to assess the appeals process for veterans' claims.

Today, more than one in 10 Colorado children is obese.

We must ensure that ratings boards strive for thoroughness and accuracy, along with efficiency in their work.

86 percent of Coloradoans support requiring 30 minutes of physical education each day in our schools.

I think too that we can fairly conclude that in its current state, the AMC is a failed experiment whose poor performance and lack of accountability confounds veterans, their advocates and Members of Congress alike.

I am grateful for what we have been able to accomplish, not only on this Committee, but in a concerted effort.

Manufacturing is perceived, you know, like Charles Dickens portrayed it in his novels.

We need a strong leader in the administration to talk about manufacturing, and we need every Senator to talk about manufacturing.

So you are saying that the legal importation has been stopped, but the illegal--I do not know if it is importation or exportation--is still going on?