I'm concerned that such a budget, if enacted, will not allow you to move forward aggressively on enough major initiatives, including the ITER Project.

I support strong budgets for you because, as I mentioned earlier, long-term stable investments in scientific research and development is what makes our Nation strong.

I am disappointed to learn that the Nuclear R&D budget has been cut by $34 million (-26 percent).

The imbalance between funding for the physical sciences and the biological sciences was getting to be staggering.

Funding for research in the hard sciences is one of the very best and most appropriate investments taxpayer dollars can be made for this country.

I realize that the most important thing Congress can do in the short term for the renewable energy industry is to get a series of productive tax credits into place.

I think the enjoyment will have been better in the past than this year because of the tremendous constraints on the budget.

I really believe it's short-sighted. I hope we'll be able to improve on that this year before we complete our work.

I am a big supporter of your programs and believe that the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden is one of the premiere labs in all the DOE if not the world.

Congress should remember that U.S.

These American military personnel who are tortured and brutalized, this administration won't give them the time of day.

I am most concerned, as I know you are, for their safety and about when they can finally return from what has become a rather long deployment.

I hope you will communicate to them at every occasion how grateful the American people are for their service.

When we talk here about 'internationalizing the effort,' we do so not only to help Iraq succeed, we do so in order to take some of the enormous pressure off of our young men and women.

I am also interested in reducing the burden on U.S. taxpayers, who appear to be picking up 90 percent of the tab for this so-called 'reordering of the Middle East.'

We appreciate you being here today to explain this massive supplemental budget request.

We need to reaffirm the importance of learning American history and maintaining civic understanding.

The education of America's children must be one of our top priorities.