One of my concerns with the reimbursement to the carriers is that the payment would include the fees that are paid by the passengers.

Secretary Shane, as you know, the committee reported a Supplemental Appropriations Act yesterday that included provisions to provide some relief and assistance to the aviation industry for relief to the airlines.

So that leads me to the compensation of the contractors, the people you contract out with.

How does that work? Are they denominated or tied to the Swiss franc or what?

Are the merchants there accepting it with open arms in the souks and so forth? That is important.

How is your $20 bill program working?

But the fact that they are even still circulating or have some value is interesting, isn't it?

Are you going to be involved, directly or indirectly, as the Treasury Secretary in recommending the formation of a central bank, an independent central bank for Iraq?

Mr. Secretary, could you do that for the record?

Given these facts, I am concerned that the President's transportation budget does not adequately address the challenge that we face.

I hope that we will do the same again this year.

I think that all of us on this panel would all agree that this record is unacceptable, and must be reversed.