The administration has created a National Export Initiative to meet the President's goal of doubling exports in 5 years, which we all support.

the management of it is troubling. NOAA continues to use, we've been told, flawed data methods and survey programs that lack any real independent data.

the threat to the U.S. homeland appears to be increasing.

The Nation relies heavily on the Department of Commerce to maintain America's competitiveness within the markets around the world.

It's a lot of money.

Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward, which was highly critical of the current status of forensic science in this country.

But you benefited from it four times, did you not?

According to a July 2009 independent safety review of rocket options initiated by NASA, the Valador report states that the Ares I launch vehicle is clearly the safest launch vehicle option and that it is superior to all other options.

Reducing the DNA backlog is one of the single most important issues facing all of law enforcement in this country.

the administration's proposed rescission of $98 million in funding for the construction of the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center is troubling especially given the FBI's and the JEIDDO commanders support for this facility.

While the administration may have realized that its initial budget request was a failure, the new plan from the same team still ends this country's human space flight program.

But the key to it is to protect the integrity of the system, is it not, and the evidence that comes from it?