I just want to follow up on Senator Kerry's question about what more can be done to close the loopholes that exist.

Let me just say for the record, Madam Chair, we met with the workers from Cintas.

the hearing that we had the other day said that actually it has gotten so bad that if you really want to make a company pay for the damage that they have done, you should look at the EPA rules because they are tougher than the OSHA rules…

I do want to thank you for being here, for your insights, and for your sacrifices for our country.

There's been a lot of discussion about the conduct of the war in Afghanistan, but I guess the real alternative is United States withdrawal.

we look forward to significantly increasing our energy efficiency investments in the state.

It's not just to put a price on fossil fuels, but it's really to try and put a price on carbon.

we have to deal with climate change, that we are experiencing now in New Hampshire.

it's going to be very important to have a position that Congress and the United States have taken to go to Copenhagen.

As Senator Snowe said earlier relative to some of the stresses that small businesses are facing, this is an area that is quickly rising to a level of a crisis if we can't provide some help to some of these auto dealers.

Now, I know that back in 1980, President Jimmy Carter actually directed the SBA to provide liquidity to auto dealers to meet a similar credit crisis.

I certainly want to commend the President for your nomination and for elevating the SBA to a cabinet-level position.

I don't understand why so many people in this country brag about our past technology achievements while they deride and criticize our present technology achievements and absolutely doubt this future.

I think we have a problem with storage; we have a problem with our technology. And I would have to argue it is not the greenest of the green.

Considering our unemployment rate is over 8 percent right now and we have lost millions of jobs, is this really a big job-creator?

Congressional Budget Office estimated over 50 percent for a default rate, which means that this would not be the least expensive if the U.S. taxpayer has to take on the cost for doing this.

I do echo Senator Casey's comments about the importance of being clear with the American people about what our strategy is there and what we hope to accomplish.

Shouldn't the goal of our oversight of markets be to avoid or prevent the kind of manipulation that we saw over the last year, regardless of whether there was intent involved or not?