I fear that excluding these standard, more traditional products other than this 30-year mortgages from the safe harbor will serve to place more stress on the housing markets and the overall economy's ability to recover.

PVA supports S.362 introduced by Sen. Rockefeller that will more quickly resolve adverse actions and set deadlines for final decisions.

It is a true honor to be selected by President Obama to serve in these important positions.

Together with the Congress, President Obama, and Secretary LaHood, we have the opportunity to creatively reform our entire transportation system.

The upcoming reauthorization of our surface transportation policies and programs is an opportunity to prepare our infrastructure for 21st century demands.

Deceptive Health Insurance Industry Practices: Are Consumers Getting What They Paid For?

I went on television, because I have been on the Intelligence Committee for a long, long time and still am, as we did our weapons of mass destruction studies and discovered that the whole thing was a fraud and there was no connection…

This is the second hearing that this Committee has had on so-called usual, customary, and reasonable rates, payment to the health insurance industry.

So, it's just not having it----it's what--it's just saying it, sometimes will get you your result.

What I think we've learned today is that there's a reality-based prevailing market price for medical services, and then there is a fictional ``usual''--UCR rate used by the insurance companies.

It's going to be incredibly complicated. And it's going to take time, but it's going to be worth it.

This is a big risk we're taking, and never has there been so much asked of the Congress.

Today's hearing is the first of two hearings--which works out very well, the setup of the two hearings--that we're holding to look at deceptive payment practices that the health insurance industry has gotten away with for the last decade…

I happen to think that's the right way to do it.

It seems to me that--with subpoena power, that could be replicated anywhere.

I think NextGen is absolutely priority number one.

I don't think of NextGen, really, in terms of technology, I think about it in terms of people.

The FAA needs to get new technology on our towers and on our runways, and it needs a plan with clear benefits for the flying public.