if we are unable to do that by then, I think we have to reassess our strategy.

I have to say that they're doing an amazing job over there, with respect to educating children--we've gone from 900,000 to 6 million children in school.

As we move forward, we want to make sure that we are putting the right kind of regulations in place to ensure that our regulators have the ability to make sure that we do not have additional products that are developed that will cause…

It's unbelievable that, in spite of the difficulties that we've had in Afghanistan, are continuing to have and will have, the morale over there is spectacular.

Do we intend to ratchet that pay up so that we can at least compete financially with the Taliban?

I'd like for you to go through some benchmarks relative to these training numbers.

But, I worry about what's going to happen in 18 months. Because security in Afghanistan has to be the way forward, not just from the military standpoint.

the critical point that we can seriously think about turning that country over to the Afghan people from the standpoint of security--not governance, but from the standpoint of security--is the point in time when the military as well as the…

I think we agree with you on that point, and I am curious about your thoughts on the language that is in the House bill that is currently out there.

It is imperative in my mind that the Senate Ag Committee should be engaged in the development of any legislation addressing financial regulation.

a U.S. Senator from the State of Georgia

She is a consummate person whose knowledge of labor law and equal opportunity is tremendous.

I deeply apologize for interrupting, but I had to be at a Commerce vote and going to be here for most of this hearing.

One practical aspect of that that I have a problem with is, for example, Delta Airlines, who is a big user of this type of transaction, having to put up an airplane, a 777, for each transaction.

even if you had an exemption, there is no problem with you disclosing all of the financial transactions involved in those derivatives

If we had total transparency... would not that have put not only CFTC in a better position...?

Let me go to one other area that we have talked about before, and you know my concern regarding, making sure that we don't take any action from a legislative standpoint going forward that handicaps U.S. markets as competitors.

I have heard from a number of my food banks around my State about the increase for demand of items in the respective food banks.