I hope we will do the same again this year.

Each month, more than 3,000 people die on our highways. That's an astounding figure, and we can reduce it if we make a commitment.

What we don't know is whether we as a Nation have the will to force citizens to stop driving aggressively and to stop driving drunk.

I think we need to be very suspicious of initiatives that seek to attack the drunk-driving problem by sharing revenue with the States with no strings attached.

I hope here again we can work together with the other members of the Subcommittee to continue our leadership in this area whether the Administration wants to join us or not.

As we approach Memorial Day, one of the most dangerous weekends for highway travel, I cannot think of a better time to discuss what I believe is a very important, yet all too often overlooked issue.

I believe that this problem has reached epidemic proportions.

Again, we thank Senator Lautenberg and Senator DeWine for introducing legislation today that targets this dangerous population.

MADD would like to thank Senator Shelby and Senator Murray for their leadership in this area and for providing funds for these life-saving efforts.

find, freeze, and return Iraqi money for the Iraqi people and their future.

And once it is lost, it is hard to get back.

How important, Mr. Secretary, is the accounting profession to all of us, the capital markets, the publicly traded stocks? How important?