I might expect you to think about doing that in a building that houses thousands of people in a city that frequently is a target symbolically of terrorism or these kinds of attacks.

The first obligation of any employer is safety.

I think this is such a critically important response and quick response to this horrible tragedy.

Maybe we ought to rethink that as a strategy.

I do want to kind of pick up from where Senator Coburn has taken the discussion, which is security is--I guess if I can just say it this way--best done when it is clear that this is a high priority.

It seems like there might be some cost/benefit in safety in looking at electronic surveillance.

It is troubling that there does not seem to be a lot of kind of creative thinking on how we can use the resources we have more effectively to protect folks.

I applaud your work. I would like to know how many have actually been discharged or disciplined for either lying on applications.

Random checks are a critical and important part of this.

When you apply for this clearance, you waive your right to privacy.

We are all frustrated here with this process.

We have multiple examples now of where we failed in the clearance system.

Home ownership is the bedrock of really our political philosophy, also the bedrock of wealth creation for many, many middle-class families.

We desperately need to be thinking about how we protect consumers, how we get access to those markets.

I think these hearings are just so valuable for us to gather information.

It costs a lot of money when you are talking about a billion dollars per plant in excessive coal use.

Let me assure you, it does because it is a further reflection of an attitude that has been pervasive by this Administration that tells anybody interested in fossil fuel development, we are going to punish you as much as we can.

I would like to submit my letter of invitation to you of October 18 into the record, if I could, Mr. Chairman?