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I hope that we will soon begin drafting the motor carrier safety title, so that we are fully prepared...

Significant progress has been made in improving truck safety.

Every year for the past decade, nearly 5,000 people have died and 125,000 were injured in crashes involving a large truck.

While FMCSA has experienced some rocky periods, I believe the agency has turned a corner.

I expect there will be a fair amount of discussion this morning about the agency's CSA 2010 initiative.

The NPR emphasizes the development of conventional Prompt Global Strike capabilities.

An attack on our Nation's surface transportation system could disrupt the timely delivery of goods and significantly weaken our Nation's economy.

I do find the conclusions of the recently released White House assessment on surface transportation security rather troublesome.

While aviation security gets most of the public's attention, the security of our Nation's surface transportation system must also be a national priority.

Transportation infrastructure is critical, and all of the different modes are, at some point or another, vulnerable or susceptible to attacks.

But with due respect to General Caldwell, we have trained many people in Afghanistan.

Do your missile defense plans take into account longstanding and possibly present day cooperation and support by Russia and China for Iran's ballistic missile program?

The clock is ticking.

If the United States is to have any credibility as we seek international sanctions on Iran, shouldn't we start by barring subsidiaries of U.S. corporations from doing business with Iran?

Are we doing enough to target the banks that are doing business in Iran or that are sanctioning companies that are doing business with the IRGC?

I'm interested in seeing that regime in place in weeks.

Mr. Chairman, if there's no objection I'd like to yield my place in the order to Senator Inhofe.

What specific milestones should we, as Members of Congress, expect in this next year in order for us to know that the program is on track?