Indeed, the success of NAHASDA is critical to many low-income Native Americans.

I have heard that a cut in the budget is not a reduction but an encouragement.

Ohio is fortunate to have a high-quality bioterrorism preparedness training program at the University of Findlay.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I worked to ensure that the University of Findlay's antiterrorism program received careful attention during the appropriations process.

As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I worked to ensure that the University of Findlay's antiterrorism program received careful attention during the appropriations process.

Ohio is fortunate to have a high-quality bioterrorism preparedness training program at the University of Findlay.

Thank you for these series of hearings that you are holding that are really a comprehensive series.

We, who are on the Northern Border, are particularly very keenly interested in this subject.

We have the longest coast, actually, of all the four coasts.

The issues that the Chairman has identified, are both the security issue as well as trying to move trade.

The Northern Border receives about two-thirds of the truck traffic, about 85 percent of the trains.

I am sending a letter to Governor Ridge. I have great respect for Governor Ridge.

We need a battle plan in which we manage the incident and we manage the fear around the incident.

I want you to know that in that letter, I am asking him to take as much charge of Homeland Security as Rumsfeld has done for Defense.

This is unacceptable.

Neither can we allow the insurance industry to use the September attacks as an excuse to shirk its rightful role and responsibilities.

We cannot ask the taxpayer to pick up the entire bill.

We must allow the market to figure out how to price this new risk.