I think there are more pieces to the puzzle than the technology pieces that NIST is looking at.

It is the responsibility of today's policymakers to develop a credible path forward.

If there is one thing I am certain of from my time as a State prosecutor and my years in Congress, it is that drugs pose a grave and unrelenting threat to the health, safety and security of the United States.

We must get securing our border and stopping this drug menace right before we entertain new costly ideas or roll back our immigration laws.

I am wondering whether we have the tools and the will to actually break its back.

The President has stated repeatedly that, quote, health care reform is entitlement reform.

I have yet to see a single Democrat health care proposal that would direct these savings to deficit reduction.

It seems to me that what we are putting on the tracks here is a brand new entitlement program that could very well likely rival the size and liabilities of Medicare itself.

And so what I can't comprehend or what I can't get my mind around is how are we fixing the problem here of our long-term fiscal liabilities when we are creating a new entitlement.

Failing to reform this one program for just 1 year has cost us $2 trillion.

How can such a delay be justified given the fleet's importance to our nation's security?

If the President follows through on the denial of sole source contracts, is the Pentagon prepared to hire the extra personnel required?

President Obama has made many comments about the creation of jobs.

The recent recovery law contained $8 billion for the development of high speed and intercity rail in the United States.

the United States under the leadership of President Obama is again recognizing the economic and environmental benefits of a robust intercity rail program.

Thank you for taking the opportunity to come and testify before our Subcommittee today.

The Second Chance Act allows up to 12 months to go into the halfway houses for all inmates.

That is a much smarter public policy.

I wanted to just ask you briefly about was on page three of your testimony, you had discussed 'The Second Chance Act.'

Certainly there are few federal programs that are perfect.

What we need is to let science be regarded as important at the elementary level.

But, of course, with the stimulus package to a large extent it is a one-shot thing.

no child's education can be fully maximized without significant involvement from the parents.

It is my understanding that under NASA's implementation of full cost accounting, scientists working as NASA's civil servants are increasingly being asked to seek funding to cover the full costs of their salaries.

the one-time injection of funding would actually be counterproductive.