What do those grants do?

I do not want to see this parceled out.

I am concerned that you are undergoing efforts to discontinue the relationship that Labor has had with the International Labor Organization.

When will you issue the standard that OSHA first proposed in 1999? Given the opposition to this proposal by special industry interests, what assurances can you give us that you will not weaken the final standard in comparison to the 1999…

This would cause reduction of 27 FTEs, and significant reduction in grants for technical assistance on ending international child labor.

I thought you told me that it was just birds.

That is true. That is very true.

What kind of research are you doing into binge drinking, especially among college students?

I wonder about messages that young people receive about drinking.

Well, now that you are on that, what medications?

You are saying that mental health is 6.2 percent overall? It is not--

So, can I--is this a correct statement I'm about to make, that--when we finished the doubling, or during that doubling, that first submissions of--first submissions--not renewals, first submissions--the approval rate would have been three…

But do not draw too much encouragement from it because the budget resolution is only Confederate money.

But we are determined to fight this through.

Senator Harkin and I are leading the fight for embryonic stem cells.

That's a lot of time to take out just for filling out paperwork and stuff.

That was good. I like that a lot.

I have to tell you, I hear that around here, you know, 'Well, we gave you all that money once.'