Lisa Murkowski

So it's not just an issue of making sure that we're doing the monitoring on a regularly scheduled basis. It's making sure that we've tested all that we can possibly test?

It would seem to me, Mr. Chairman, that we'd want to know whether or not the tests were conducted and then what the results of those tests were.

It stuns me to think that we know that we need to utilize dispersants in the event of a spill and yet we haven't put in place the testing necessary.

Do you have enough of the dispersant?

For a blowout to occur, multiple barriers must fail or be rendered useless through human error.

To what extent is it likely or perhaps unlikely that as we keep pushing out and going deeper into seeking additional reservoirs out there, that we're going to encounter these higher pressure reservoirs?

How often are you supposed to----

I have stated that there's going to be plenty of time to try to figure out who is to blame, who is at fault.

I think there is a lot of concern out there about why the suspect was not apprehended until the jet has pulled away from the gate.

We would like to work with you on that not only ensuring that it is filled quickly, but in consultation with members of the Alaska delegation.

If we can have a system like that when a child is missing, that when an incident happens in New York, that instantaneously there is an alert.

I have long been of the opinion that the 9th Circuit covers far too much territory.

I am subjected to the full-on screening because I have purchased a one-way ticket at the last minute.

Now, by my reading, that will place the 9th Circuit out of compliance with the U.S. Code.

So, do we continue those literacy skills throughout high school?

I'm curious, as to some of the responses that you may have to the proposal that we need to remove the principals from the schools that are not succeeding.

You've mentioned, Mr. Capozzi, that the real ticket here is to keep kids from dropping out in the first place.

If we have to balance that against our budget submission, or if we have to absorb the cost of living allowances (COLAs), we would have to cut, in some cases perhaps even eliminate, some of the other things that we have done in recent years.

If you were held to the fiscal year 2010 funding level of $12 million, how would it impact the operations, the staff level?

Then let me ask about the Center's plans for expanding the exchange program into other countries.

We included some language in that that encouraged the Open World Leadership Center to expand its effort to raise private funding in order to reduce requirements for appropriations.

I will go to Ambassador O'Keefe. I don't want you to feel left out here this afternoon.

Well, as you point out, this is just kind of the beginning of the acquisition of the social networking media. And it will be a challenge.

I would like to ask you about the new media.

I think we appreciate that from the perspective of being able to meet your core mission, you have got to have the storage capacity.