She said in her speech that what most inspired her about those books and about those American movies was the American dream.

But with national health reform, we have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of millions of small business owners and their workers.

We know that this Health Reform bill will invest unprecedented resources in small businesses so that they can affordably cover their workers.

My concern is that the Senate bill comes close to this situation because of the extremely weak enforcement of the individual mandate.

I am very troubled to see that the problems that we had in 2002 seem to be persisting 7 years later, at the time of your audit.

Now whose job is it to change those laws? Oh, right, that would be us.

What can we do as a body to prevent that kind of thing from happening? How can I give this guy an answer?

I was struck by the problems that the GAO identified in the report and how closely they mirror those of the groups of steel workers and retirees that I have talked to on the Iron Range in Minnesota.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Therefore, we are recommending that the guarantee levels be increased.

However, over time the level of benefits for those plans that do fail--and there are plans that have gone that way...

In the middle of a recession, we are asking them to put more money aside for the pensions, and that is money that cannot be used to create jobs or invest in things.

Worker safety and health are among the most fundamental concerns of every employer in this country.

Why is that and why should I be OK with that?

Unfortunately, we are usually reminded of the important work of the NTSB when a tragedy occurs.

It is not aggressive enough. And I know that Senator Udall has been working on this as well.

I have been actually frustrated with the renewable standard we have right now. It is not coming through this committee.

I just wanted to thank you, again, Madam Chair, for convening these long hearings with eight panels and 50 witnesses.