I believe that, again, that the toys that our innocent children play with, that those toys should have the utmost scrutiny before those toys end up in our homes.

It's a tragedy, and it's shameful that the CPSC as we sit right now does not have a quorum to conduct the American public's business.

Ms. Cowles, we only have a few moments. I just want to ask you in your testimony you mentioned the weak-kneed recalls.

I hope we can interest some people in it.

has thought been given about raising the renewable fuel standard to reflect the fact that we're actually doing better than we might have anticipated

Yes, I know where they are. They're just too far away. We need more of them.

But we have to do more.

I'm sure many of these issues have already been raised.

But you haven't issued any recommendations yet, but this is something that your office is investigating, at least, would that be accurate?

But we can--and must--do more.

If you don't know, it would be great if you could get back to my office on it.

I have repeated many times that our dependence on foreign oil is not just an economic security issue but also a national security issue.

For these reasons, I was pleased to have cosponsored the renewable fuels standard that passed last year.

I've said it many times but our dependence on foreign oil threatens not only our economic security but also our national security.

I would hope you'd look at it, because I think the death benefit, as well as monthly benefits, health insurance, and educational assistance----

Is the resistance on those reforms coming simply from countries that are in the midst of development, or are we also seeing resistance from allies, like France and Germany and others?

it appears to be an entirely open-ended commitment.

I would urge that there is a clear signal by the administration in its budgeting process this time out that we are moving forward on this.