As you know, I have been pushing the administration. Governor Pataki has asked for an elimination or a waiver of the oxygenate requirement.

I continue to be concerned about the medical and dental readiness of our Guard and Reserve.

The report also says that no plans exist to assess the effects of severe weather on the system's performance.

I think that we should inquire further on the basis of that.

I appreciate that caution. It is my understanding that is a different document.

Secretary Roche, if there is a plan to re-station airmen to the continental United States, will they be based at current Air Force bases or is it possible they may be shifted to the Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Is Turkey one of those five countries?

You will keep this committee informed as it goes forward?

It is not in the 2005 budget?

the fiscal year 2004 budget for the DOE's Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution (OETD) has apparently been reduced by nearly 35 percent.

The United States Congress is a full and equal party in our government.

We deplore the barbaric conduct of those who murdered Mr. Berg. We deplore the extraordinary cruelty that they have evidenced with respect to our civilians and military personnel.

We are a Nation that abides by the rule of law, and we are a Nation that understands not only the necessity of adherence to our Constitution, but that due process is one of the great inventions of Western civilization.

It is not just in the nature of ensuring that our conduct is held to a higher standard, but that we safeguard the rule of law.

I personally think that it's not going to lead to General Miller.

I am very focused on our continuing vulnerability and the fact that we remain such a high target.

We really need to clarify this, because obviously this is a matter of some concern to a number of us.