the goal of this administration is going to be more partners and fewer adversaries and to do so in a realistic way that still protects the interests of the United States.

Our military does great things, and I think you and I both feel strongly about that.

I had a great deal of heartburn over the way that those agreements were signed here.

Is that kind of real-life examples factored into your analysis in terms of scoring costs?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and I apologize on the front end that these questions may have been addressed...

I have legislation pending about raising end-of-life issues, recognizing that 70 percent of Americans have no advance directives.

I know we pressed the new economic team of the President to do that, but this is the first time I have actually seen this kind of data out there.

I am really happy to see your presentation because one of the things that has driven me crazy... is the lack of transparency.

I think you are going to find a lot of these programs you are going to want to continue, and even my colleagues that might not have supported the Recovery Act, they are going to want to make sure, as I, that we have real accountability…

I for one think, you know, these are projects that are ready to go, and with the appropriate risk assessment...

I also believe, as I think you appropriately pointed out, should America move away from coal, India and China are not.

I think what we are talking about is ways to get a co-investment with the Government and the private sector.

Just to be clear again, so that if the Government came in with this recapitalization, they could then clear a secondary market of these securities.

I would just make a comment that we would never have had a wireless system in this country without some governmental entity setting the standards.

At some point, in my mind, at least, it needs to be part of the discussion.

I would argue that there needs to be some societal understanding that there is an individual responsibility to start planning for some level of long-term care when you turn 21 or turn 25.

We may have policy differences. We may have, I think equally on both sides of the aisle, concerns about some of the deficits.

We think and they have shown that increased patient satisfaction, increased family satisfaction, and, on average, cost savings north of $5,000 per person.