It is no secret that I believe we can and should be doing more to protect parents and children from dangerous products.

This year, we're going to try to do our dead level best to pass the amendment to take pensions away from Senators and Congressmen who have been convicted of public corruption while they're in office.

Given the relatively new commitment for you in Iraq, do you have the resources necessary to meet your domestic obligations?

Do you pay for that or do you require the owners of the levees to pay for that?

There was plenty of blame to go around after Hurricane Katrina happened and everybody probably shares a little bit of the blame.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I apologize for having to be in two places at once, not five places at once like some people here.

I just had one follow-up question to what Senator Bill Nelson asked a few moments ago.

What happens if you get in there and the Iraqi forces, whether they be a police unit or a brigade, whatever size it may be, what if they just fail to meet the obligations that they have?

But it could also be contractors?

I support your nomination very enthusiastically.

I have concerns, as we have discussed previously, about the surge or the augmentation, whatever you want to call it.

I am concerned that our best U.S. military minds are divided on this surge strategy.