Twenty-one bills is simply too many for one hearing to thoroughly understand.

That program, I'm pleased to say, has been a resounding success.

What impact will the reductions in fiscal year 2011 have on DTRA's mission and what won't get done?

Mr. President, I thank the Senator. In less than an hour, this body will be asked to vote on cloture to proceed to the nomination of James Michael Cole to be Deputy Attorney General. I rise in opposition to that cloture vote on the…

I appreciate your comments on having to be more efficient and more effective, and I think every agency and every entity has to be doing that.

Mr. Cole's nomination is troubling on several fronts. First, the Department of Justice, where he now serves as second in command since his recess appointment this past December, refuses to provide the Senate Intelligence Committee with…

This limits access to capital for these small businesses and it limits--Mr. Koester, it eliminates your ability to access capital and grow your company and grow your head count too, right?

It seems to me that the SEC policy is restricting access, because small businesses are the ones that we are really talking about here trying to access private capital.

My point is if you are a sophisticated institutional investor, I don't think the SEC is going to protect you from Bernie Madoff.

So, why? Why 500?

I think it's the difference between a nice side of business that supports your family and a business that really contributes in a dramatic way to the U.S. economy.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express appreciation for the good work on the part of local emergency responders, FEMA, the Division of Emergency Management, the American Red Cross, and the many other agencies that have been helping survivors…

Personally if I had it to do over again, I'd love to see the focus of this on how we remove the authority that we gave to FERC.

I thank my colleague from Florida for yielding me time to speak on the importance of protecting defenseless unborn children and ensuring taxpayer money is not used to pay for elective abortions. I do want to explain to my glib friend from…

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania for his leadership on this issue and for yielding time. Madam Speaker, not using the hard-earned money of taxpayers to destroy innocent unborn children is not extreme, and it is not radical. It is the…

If your car is speeding into a ditch, the only thing to do to survive is to slam the brakes as fast and hard as you can. Anything else only stalls the disaster to come. At this moment, America is speeding into bankruptcy, and the only way…

In the last Congress, the House passed H.R. 2221, the Data Accountability and Trust Act.

Let me thank the chairman for convening this important hearing today and particularly thank the witnesses for coming forward with your testimony.