I just find that extremely odd.

We need to constantly be vigilant.

I hope we can work with you on that because we are going to come up with some suggestions as to how we can implement the intentions of this policy but in a way that our friends and people whose governmental systems are pretty stable can…

Clearly, anything would have to----

I don't think I, in all my time in public service, had more of a frightening session kind of getting Air Traffic Control 101 in terms of the potential wave of retirees, the challenges of attracting new folks, the ability to get through…

I find it really troubling, and particularly now 2 months later, that a unilateral decision by a President of the United States... could set a very disturbing precedent for how decisions are made for the use of force.

This is not acceptable to the Obama administration.

As Secretary LaHood has mentioned several times, there is no point in using Federal dollars to buy brand spanking new buses for transit systems if they cannot afford to pay the drivers to put those buses into service.

The bottom line is we need credible, enforceable minimum safety standards for our rail transit systems.

This is the strategy Senator Warner has been advancing in a stand-alone legislative proposal.

I would agree. I've had, as you know, many concerns about Chinese expansionist activities, particularly the South China Sea area sovereignty issues.

I don't see how we can discuss the reality of this issue without addressing China's influence.

Are there incentives within DHS to make sure that various components of DHS take material weaknesses seriously and understand we have to have an unqualified audit?

Given the progress that has been made, obviously people do take it seriously. And I think it is a testament to your effectiveness as well, Ms. Sherry.

Given the situation were are in today, if we really mean what we say about caring about its fiscal plight, why wouldn't we rescind those restrictions and let 1,000 flowers bloom to see what works?

If we are serious about making the Postal Service successful as we move forward in this century...

Why not let them have a Starbucks outlet there so that people, when they go there to do their other core business, can also get a cup of coffee?

I commend to my colleagues, because as someone who ran a local government for a long time, historically, a lot of post offices have the stovepipe model; we are separate unto ourselves and sovereign, and don't bother us.