I think the enjoyment will have been better in the past than this year because of the tremendous constraints on the budget.

I realize that the most important thing Congress can do in the short term for the renewable energy industry is to get a series of productive tax credits into place.

Funding for research in the hard sciences is one of the very best and most appropriate investments taxpayer dollars can be made for this country.

Congress should remember that U.S.

I am most concerned, as I know you are, for their safety and about when they can finally return from what has become a rather long deployment.

I hope you will communicate to them at every occasion how grateful the American people are for their service.

I am also interested in reducing the burden on U.S. taxpayers, who appear to be picking up 90 percent of the tab for this so-called 'reordering of the Middle East.'

When we talk here about 'internationalizing the effort,' we do so not only to help Iraq succeed, we do so in order to take some of the enormous pressure off of our young men and women.

We appreciate you being here today to explain this massive supplemental budget request.

The education of America's children must be one of our top priorities.

We need to reaffirm the importance of learning American history and maintaining civic understanding.

I do not know what Liberty Shield dollars--I do not know what that means.

Explain again why it is not being drawn down, because my State is desperate for monies.

But you understand our concern.

I have been concerned because my responsibilities on the--one of the subcommittees, one of these subcommittees' appropriations, about nuclear security.

For those of us who are trying to respond to our constituents at home, it seems like this is a catch-22 that you----

the administration has chosen to request an additional 7-8 percent. Again, over the long-term, this is very short-sighted.

funding for research in the hard sciences is one of the very best and most appropriate investments of taxpayer dollars that Congress can make.