If the gentleman wants to debate the issue, he can get his own time for that.

Sometimes don't people get overwhelmed with these tips?

The public is crying out for accountability.

I think it has a positive effect going forward, but a deterrent effect.

Are there things you learned from that that will be helpful with this big influx for the TARP funds and the stimulus funds?

It was really shocking to me to see how quickly that office deteriorated and what went on there.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Congratulations to both of you.

I was a prosecutor for 8 years, ran an office of about 400 people, and one of the things that was most troubling to me in just the last few years was what happened to our U.S. Attorney'S Office in Minnesota.

I don't agree with everything that's in it and everything that came out, but, literally, we can't afford to wait any longer to get something passed.

We are very proud of that on this Committee, with the railroads...

There is a lot of concern of some of these potential antitrust violations with pharmaceutical companies.

I just get concerned with shrinking local resources... that things are going to be shoved out.

Thank you very much.

A major railroad that leases track to a short-line railroad can require the short line only to do business with that railroad...

So you have to have this shipping, which obviously creates a much more hazardous possibility, before you can even find out.

So we have a situation where plants can have repeated salmonella outbreaks, or salmonella discoveries. They are not required to tell you.

If I found out my 13-year-old daughter, who, by the way, loves peanuts, loves peanut butter, if she was eating metal in her peanuts, I would expect the government to do something about this.

And back to the salmonella issue, how much do you think this is going on in food processing plants and in different plants across the country where salmonella is found?