Personally, I would like to preserve the user-pays system and prevent our Federal infrastructure programs from becoming another tax extender.

I also want to thank the chair of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Senator Boxer, for joining us today.

A special thanks for your energy and your passion.

In my opinion, this is hurting our ability to conclude high-standard agreements which will, again, gain the approval of Congress.

I do not understand how you can say this when this administration has not brought a single WTO case involving intellectual property rights.

Well, as you know, the President called for it in his January State of the Union speech, and the next day someone on the Democratic side said, well, we are not going to do that.

Now, if we are going to succeed in renewing Trade Promotion Authority this year, I believe we need to act by June of this year.

I am asking once again that the President redouble his efforts and help us get this legislation signed into law as soon as possible.

Without more effort on the part of the administration, I just do not think we can succeed.

I do not believe you can conclude high-standard agreements that will meet Congress's approval without TPA.

I believe that enforcement action at the WTO may be the most effective tool that we have to get India to change its behavior.

Now, can you work with me and others on this committee to help persuade President Obama to make a renewal of Trade Promotion Authority a top priority for congressional action within the next 2 months?

I am also profoundly disappointed that the President refuses to bring a WTO case against India for its continuing efforts to undermine U.S. intellectual property rights.

I think we have a real opportunity to have this committee do its work in a way that I think most people on the committee would appreciate, under your leadership.

We didn't run to the sound of the guns. They were issuing press releases. We had Americans dying.

we are subjecting the American economy to an estimated $2 trillion, nearly $2 trillion in annual regulatory compliance costs.

Now, Ms. Leonhart, I think the inevitable result of this trend will be increased use, abuse, and addiction.

It says basically that for any new major rule to take effect... it would need to pass affirmatively into law.