I started looking at entrepreneurship opportunities, trying to create that circumstance in the United States in which somebody who has an idea and goes to work in their backyard, their garage, their basement, has a greater opportunity of…

I just would encourage the Treasury Department to fully implement, to enforce the sanctions as authorized by the Congress in regard to Iran.

In my view, the Congress and the administration has failed to do much of anything about the deficits.

I hope that you take great satisfaction in the noble calling that you're pursuing in your lives and know that you are providing hope.

Another way--an additional way to deal with our growing deficit is to grow the economy.

I continue to hear concerns about a lack of coordination among the Stability Council members on various Dodd-Frank Act rulemakings.

But the same thing could be true--be said for the other two aspects of trade in regard to the money being sent and the opportunity to travel to Cuba.

I will tell you compared to solar, compared to wind, compared to all the things that you are taking taxpayer money to throw resources at, I will promise you that coal is intensely competitive.

I thank the chairman for yielding. The President's health care law is chock full of pitfalls, tax increases, government overreaches, and newly created bureaucracies. But perhaps the most outrageous and dangerous manifestation is the…

Today, in Sudan, tens of thousands of men, women, and children are huddled in caves in the Nuba Mountains of South Kordofan and at Blue Nile state, where they're hiding from aerial bombardment and rocket attacks unleashed by the Sudanese…

We certainly want to make certain that we do the things that allow capital to be available so people can pursue the American dream.

I appreciate the opportunity to be on the floor today, especially with the Senator from Wyoming, a doctor who is such an expert on the topic of really not just the moment, not just the day, but the topic of what our country faces. I will…

That is true. The point made earlier about the goal of the legislation bending the cost curve down--it didn't do it, it doesn't do it, and it cannot do it. That created the problem we all face now. How can we have access to affordable…

So you get less than half the total money that was allocated?

What is the extent of the problem that this, at GSA, that this report covers? Is this the sum total of the problems that you see at this agency or is this more the proverbial tip of the iceberg?

And I just would indicate that when we use the word 'speculation', it seems to have developed a negative connotation.

I would welcome your input. Thank you very much.

Can you assure me, and I've had this conversation in an Appropriations subcommittee with Secretary Vilsack, and he indicates that he is working with FCC and others within the administration to make certain that we don't have a major…