transforming our Nation's current air traffic control system is absolutely critical if we are to improve safety and plan for the anticipated growth in the amount of flights

to make NextGen a reality is going to take a considerable amount of time and money, both from the Federal Government and from the users

Those are statements and suggestions that I find unacceptable, and I look forward to hearing more from you on making sure that the census is an open and independent process.

That would be a role that we could play, Mr. Chairman, in this process.

Thank you for holding the hearing. Thank you to our witnesses today for their insightful testimony.

As policymakers we certainly want to be in a position where we're making decisions that are based upon the very best science and the very best data.

We do have an exciting project in Selby, South Dakota. Basin Electric has proposed a 700-megawatt pulverized coal power plant with post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration and Powerspan's technology may prove instrumental in making…

A lot of proposals to cap and/or reduce carbon emissions are going to have a significant cost to our economy and going to impact individuals' lives every day.

As you perhaps know, last year the Senate passed a Senate resolution by a vote of 94 to 3 expressing the Senate's view that detainees at Guantanamo should not be transferred stateside into facilities in American communities and…

Everyone feels the effects of the recession.

Yes. Yes. Exactly.

But that there are things based upon industry input that say these are good actors and these are the things that good actors do.

I think it's important that consumers be aware of the protections that are afforded them under the law.

It's important that consumer protection laws are in force as intended by the Congress.

I guess the only suggestion I would make is that there are, it is not like if you're on the list you fall off the list because you've fallen into the bad actor category or you're doing something that is fraudulent out there.

I think the multi-year procurement authority is one initiative that would help accomplish some of the things you are talking about doing, and we would like to work with you toward that.

I want to make sure as we go through the process that we don't de-emphasize highway investment in rural states.

Transportation issues are critical to my state.