I am very pleased to have the opportunity to work with the Bush administration on a bipartisan basis.

I am going to in my legislation that I have talked about on a number of occasions--we are going to make some funds available under my legislation for some pilot projects to promote communications interoperability

But first responders cannot help us win this war against terrorism with bravery alone.

I think it is clear you have a lot of support here, and particularly on the proposition that your key programs are going to need more resources.

I do believe that the Congress, working with the Administration, can make sure that the dollars available buy the biggest possible improvements in preparedness and safety.

I want to commend you for holding this very important hearing.

I really see it as a model for an area that I am interested in getting into, and that is to mobilize people in the science and technology area.

the single most important thing to improve emergency response and to save lives is to enable these first responders to talk to each other

I want to commend you for holding this very important hearing.

Well, again, I would hope that when you find anticompetitive practices, you do more than say, 'Gosh, that is just too bad.'

I appreciate your thoughtfulness, and it is really a pleasure to be able to introduce Sean O'Hollaren to the Committee and to support his nomination as Assistant Secretary.

I happen to think the Federal Trade Commission, as Senator Hollings suggested, is one of the most important places in government from the standpoint of the consumer.

Remember, the history of deregulation is supposed to bring more competition, but what it has really done is bring consolidation.

Most of the Western states refiners prevented their jobbers from competing with them to supply branded gasoline to independent dealers in metropolitan areas, a practice called redlining.

I think it is about as anti-free enterprise as anything you can find.

I think it is an extraordinarily important agency, both from the standpoint of your tools under existing law, and the bully pulpit function that the Federal Trade Commission can perform.

I want to figure out a way to help you and the Republicans and folks on both sides of the aisle to try to find some common ground on issues that we have spent

We Oregonians are very proud to see nominated for this position, and look forward to his confirmation.