Mark Pryor

It is just really a matter of finding the expertise for the polygraphers. Is that right?

This is a great example of how sometimes you spend millions but save billions.

Are you confident that Homeland Security will still be providing assistance for people who want to mitigate disasters?

I would like to commend my colleagues for passing the highway bill yesterday, which included language from Mariah's Act, a bill I introduced last year. This bill reauthorizes the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, and…

I look forward to working with the chairman and ranking member to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly.

I think it is critical that we continue to invest in our infrastructure that not only creates jobs now, but it is huge investment in the future.

Let me also make this point, and I know Senator Tester asked good questions a few moments ago and had to leave, but I do share a concern that he sort of raised.

I'd still like to see the numbers to satisfy my curiosity about how much we'd actually be saving there.

the cost analyses have not been forthcoming from DOD.

I'm very concerned that all of this was not taken into consideration when it came time to make decisions on the budget.

I've asked repeatedly for a cost analysis used by the Air Force, and there's been reluctance on behalf of the Air Force to share the cost analysis with me.

But do you understand the inconsistency? The Air Force wants to do it now before there's a BRAC, before there's the thorough review.

I think that is one reason why you're seeing some reluctance. Obviously, there are political reasons too, but some reluctance in the Senate, in the committee, and in the subcommittee specifically, because we don't have the data and…

it's hard for me to understand where the savings are coming from.

I'm not at all convinced of is the cost savings achieved by doing this, specifically with the A-10s.

Effective oversight will be crucial in preventing and detecting cases of waste and abuse, and I am hopeful that the Attorney General and Inspector General will join us in seeking to increase efficiency within DOJ.

if Senator Boxer and Senator Inhofe can agree on important things, then we all ought to be able to agree.

I want to hear from you if the budget request is sufficient to enhance child predator investigations, target predators before they strike and save children's lives.

I understand that we are in a shrinking-budget environment. I completely get that and appreciate that.

I think that it is important that we work together with DOJ to provide our law enforcement organizations with the necessary funding to protect America and ensure the safety and security of its citizens.

Maybe one year out of those nine, I think we have actually followed that law to the letter.

I think there is some good news here, and that is the idea there is nothing wrong with Washington that we cannot fix.

It's a classic public-private partnership.

I think that it is important that we work together with DOJ to provide our law enforcement organizations with the necessary funding to protect America and ensure the safety and security of its citizens.

I would encourage you to take a look at it, and hopefully help generate some support for it.