My view, now is not the time to be placing significant financial risk on the Government, and it is never time to place the country at a security risk.

I believe the counterinsurgency strategy is important.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

I had the opportunity to serve with Governor Locke during my tenure as Governor.

I just think that is so important in this day and age when we are losing jobs to make sure that we are dealing with a level playing field when it comes to trade enforcement.

I think we have to maximize that potential, become singularly focused in coordinating that under one person that reports to you.

We have to really focus on jobs.

I think that the USTR has sort of conflicting missions, negotiating trade agreements and then having to enforce them.

I certainly want to applaud your nomination, and I appreciate the productive meeting that we had recently on so many issues.

I think we are all very excited about the opportunity to continue to roll out broadband.

Let me tell you, we did a bilateral trade agreement with China. That is a country with whom we have a $260 billion merchandise trade deficit at the moment.

Cybersecurity perpetrated through the Internet as the number-one national hazard of attack on the homeland.

As you know the Energy Policy Act of 2005 authorized the Secretary of Energy to guarantee loans of up to 80 percent of construction costs for energy projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including nuclear power.

New Hampshire, as you may know, is home to the Seabrook nuclear power plant, which I believe was the last power plant licensed in the United States and actually constructed and operating.

How many reactors do you think it would take to get to those economies of scale?

One of the things that I think drove up the cost of Seabrook was the fact that Three Mile Island happened in the middle of that construction.

No trade agreement, I believe, should diminish safety standards on America's roads.

I think you are a great choice, and I appreciate your being here.