Establishing an entirely new institution is a heroic undertaking, however, and it is not clear that such an initiative is necessary.

This hearing is both timely and important, given the program's challenges to date and the possibility it may expand dramatically.

He indicated that the Department is going to do all it can to move ahead with a generation of green jobs.

I look forward to the opportunity to work with this Committee to overcome the obstacles to participation.

If anything, the credit crisis has made the DOE loan guarantee program even more essential.

RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON THE CURRENT STATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM

We are actively planning for rapid national expansion by partnering with local contractors.

In 2008, Senator Bingaman introduced legislation to create a 21st Century Energy Deployment Corporation.

I believe this is a powerful tool for meeting our energy security needs.

A struggling education system with consistently low scores and crumbling schools.

The need for reauthorization and improvement of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act.

Secretary Salazar, you are part of the new administration and part of a new hope for Native Americans.

I applaud your efforts on this front, but as you no doubt are aware, we need to do more.

Thank you for this opportunity to testify. My Summit colleagues and I welcome your questions, and we appreciate your thoughtful policymaking and support on this vital matter.

I cannot think of anything more important than having the military have the right to vote when they are serving overseas.

I think the chairman is right-on in holding this hearing and proceeding on this.

But we want to make sure that we have fair elections without fraud, and that is really the way to go.

I think we all want everybody to fully participate and we want to get people registered and give them that opportunity.