the overall cost overruns of contracts are a great concern to us

Of course, there are lot of laws and processes that are designed to get that, but that is not the only question about did they check the boxes and do everything.

I think there is a pervasive problem with contracting around the Federal Government, and I just appreciate your leadership on this.

Senator McCain has spent a lot of his time on since he has been in the Senate is contracting.

We have seen problems in Latin America with corruption in government--in fact, we are, unfortunately, starting to see corruption even in our government with border security personnel because of the Mexican drug cartels, which is very…

I do not want to speak for any individual, but I think there is an institutional concern here.

I believe our legislation, while not perfect, represents a reasonable, strong, smart, and lasting approach for dealing with automobile safety concerns.

Do automobile manufacturers, today, provide the vehicles with software updates to improve the safety of the automobile?

I support Congress providing this oversight and doing its best to promote safety.

But, let me ask, if I may, Mr. Ditlow--in your opening statement, you refer to Mr. Sheridan, who's sitting there behind you.

we failed to invoke cloture on, doing more to have Wall Street be more sensitive to Main Street.