I certainly will be asking both of you about that and also making sure that we can drop the amount from the threshold from 100,000 to 20,000.

I really appreciate your passion for these issues of contracting in Afghanistan and elsewhere.

While I think we can do a lot more, the initial run of it has been effective and certainly there is more we can do if we give you greater authority.

I just feel like to not come to this hearing and have an answer for me that you have a viewpoint on this it really bothers me.

Your effort here today really makes a difference in educating us in Congress about what it is like living with Type 1 diabetes.

What would happen if we do not fund the Special Diabetes Program this year, if we do not fund it for another year, and if we do not fund it for the three years that you are suggesting we should do?

I have a personal window into what it is like to live with Type 1 diabetes because my oldest granddaughter has Type 1.

I very much appreciate the inspiring and compelling testimony from each of you on the panel.

I urge her confirmation and her expeditious consideration to that appointment.

I have to point that out. But really it is not Landya's gender that matters. It is her professional experience and her personal qualities that really make her stand out.

I hope we really do invest in the infrastructure in this country, particularly our ports.

We founded the Ports Caucus back here because we would love to raise the level of awareness of our colleagues in the importance of the ports.

I think one of the biggest growth possibilities for small businesses is exporting.

If that information is not flowing down fully to State and local in the way it needs to, then we do need to address that.

This is something that we can help address here by making sure that the information sharing is improved.

I think you are on the streets every day. The FBI does a great job, but they are not on the streets every day.

we have to get at it to make sure it is not a one-way street.

I think that there is always room for improvement.