I believe S. 1807 would go a long way toward making our Federal energy research efforts as effective and efficient as possible.

Thank you for having me here today. I appreciate the opportunity to present the Quadrennial Energy Review Act of 2011 before this committee.

I believe it's because we can all recognize the need for a long-term energy strategy and we can all foresee the economic and security risks that lie ahead for America without one.

This committee continues to look for bipartisan consensus on data security.

Yes, I think that's part of the idea there is if the Department of Commerce can help us open those export markets for U.S.-manufactured products, it just helps our marketplace here to continue to develop and grow and be the leader.

I hope that'll be a major focus of you as you serve in this capacity, is try to make sure that we have the right kind of manufacturing in this country.

It is my understanding that earlier this year, the FTC accepted a settlement with Phusion Projects regarding 'Four Loko.'

H.R. 1965 is designed to remedy a unique and specific problem that is today confronting certain community banks.

This is not going to be limited just to Arkansas. This is going to happen throughout the country.

I am wondering if the way this got started in Arkansas was that FEMA was not talking to each other within itself.

I think it is an idea that we ought to talk about and think about and see if it is feasible and see if it would help.