There is a responsibility, obviously, at the Federal level and I guess the states are also an important and integral part of that sort of partnership.

While FMCSA has experienced some rocky periods, I believe the agency has turned a corner.

every year for the past decade, nearly 5,000 people have died and 125,000 were injured in crashes involving a large truck.

I expect there will be a fair amount of discussion this morning about the agency's CSA 2010 initiative.

Significant progress has been made in improving truck safety.

The safety data is not there to justify that at this point.

Your organization also contends that the hours-of-service rule that was adopted in 2003 is unsafe, and yet the rate of fatalities and injuries and crashes that involve large trucks steadily declining.

We can better develop the performance specifications for the devices.

The NPR emphasizes the development of conventional Prompt Global Strike capabilities.

I do find the conclusions of the recently released White House assessment on surface transportation security rather troublesome.

An attack on our Nation's surface transportation system could disrupt the timely delivery of goods and significantly weaken our Nation's economy.

Transportation infrastructure is critical, and all of the different modes are, at some point or another, vulnerable or susceptible to attacks.

While aviation security gets most of the public's attention, the security of our Nation's surface transportation system must also be a national priority.

Do your missile defense plans take into account longstanding and possibly present day cooperation and support by Russia and China for Iran's ballistic missile program?

But with due respect to General Caldwell, we have trained many people in Afghanistan.

The clock is ticking.

Are we doing enough to target the banks that are doing business in Iran or that are sanctioning companies that are doing business with the IRGC?

I'm interested in seeing that regime in place in weeks.