We recommended him to the President for nomination in June of last year.

I continue to be impressed by the caliber of the candidates that the Virginia bar has been putting forward.

I give my full-fledged endorsement to [John Gibney].

I have enormous respect for you, and I could live with the situation as long as we got rid of the secret holds.

I think, in short, the chief executive ought to have their team in place.

It is a sham to me when we have the time of the Senate delayed to go through all this process and then time and again these judges are confirmed, and others are confirmed, at north of 90 votes.

I cannot in any way explain to folks in Virginia, why in a kind of a secret way someone can put somebody's future on hold indefinitely makes any sense.

I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to try bring a little--while respectful of the Senate's traditions and respectful of Minority rights--a little more rationality to this process.

It is ridiculous that 18 months into this President's Administration, we have so many senior members of this Administration still waiting to see whether they are going to be able to serve.

In 2008, with remarkable leadership from Senator Webb, Congress passed landmark legislation recognizing the contribution and needs of millions of Americans who served their country in our Armed Forces in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.

I am very concerned about the safety of Metro.

Your investment in us will help make us the next greatest generation.

This legislation, the Post-9/11 GI Bill, makes possible educational dreams that not only express a special thanks to our veterans, but also contribute directly to the economic recovery and future of America.

The VFW would like this opportunity to thank you for your leadership and the creation of the Post-9/11 GI Bill.

Because of their work, their leadership, the Post-9/11 GI Bill came into being.

I think they are. One of the things that we have--we commented on in our reports is that TSA needs to do a better job of interacting with our transit stakeholders.

How do we get milestones and metrics that we can use to measure your performance, other than the avoidance of a catastrophic event?

We perhaps need to spend more time dealing with the emergency response.