I look forward to working hard on the issues before this committee facing this Congress.

Sometimes don't people get overwhelmed with these tips?

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

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

The public is crying out for accountability.

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.

So Georgia went, but you guys didn't really know they were going?

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?

On Monday, I sent a letter to President Obama urging him to nominate a new permanent FDA Commissioner as soon as possible.

I admire the hard work of our Health Department, but all of this happened because of a failure, the failure of our government to prevent unsafe food from entering the food chain.

I believe it is shameful that a death like this could happen in America.

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.

I am glad that the Department of Justice has opened a criminal investigation.

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