I want to thank my colleagues Senator Cardin and Congressman Sarbanes for accompanying me to this hearing.

I salute you for your efforts.

I would love both of your thoughts as this administration takes on this conversation about what is an inherently governmental function.

The only question I would have with that is I am not sure in this case more is always better and that at some point limitations--you could have--whether it is your contracting officials, whether it is your senior management, spending a…

I think you are saying then you have unlimited access to the data and how you slice and dice may not be as burdensome as in the past.

I do think he has a point in terms of at some level in oversight a 535-member board, which in effect the Federal Government has with both the House and the Senate, each trying to ask specific items, can get into a level of micromanagement.

I personally believe we have gone from GPRA to PART to now the Obama administration's efforts as well.

We put the brakes on spending.

I am very optimistic and hopeful about the Home Star Initiative.

President Obama has spoken on that, and we also are trying to see if we can get that included in whether a larger energy bill or perhaps even in a small business or some of the other legislation that is moving forward.

What seems to be that we have not cracked the code on yet is if we are going to achieve the savings.

I am supportive of what Senator Whitehouse and Senator Menendez are trying to do in this overall green housing initiative.

And again, my time is up, but I would just think that we should be able to get data that shows, here is what a home's energy costs would be without energy efficiency, whether in the construction or in the retrofit, and there ought to be an…

I believe that the goals of universal service should extend to broadband deployment to support buildout plans in rural American and in underserved areas.

I think it would be very helpful--as most of the American public still questions, I view, the stimulus was, while not pretty, necessary.

You can't get this fixed on the deficit side, on only one side of the ledger.

America is one of the few major industrial countries in the world that doesn't even have a competitiveness strategy.

I know he has been working very hard--a group of us have been working hard on making sure that credit is getting out there to small businesses, as well.