Mark Pryor

I think UAVs will have a big presence in the future for our military needs.

That would be great. And if you could just keep us posted on that, that would be great.

I think that Eglin may have an issue with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter going there.

Thank you for having this hearing and your attention to this.

I'm concerned about a cut of funds that would maintain their infrastructure.

As the country faces its most profound economic downturn since the Great Depression, it is critical that we meet our responsibilities to unemployed workers.

One of the things that your Department does, it may be kind of mundane, but that's important to a lot of people that statistics are tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Okay, let me ask, if I can, about unemployment insurance. There's a--in the budget the administration puts forward an idea to reduce unemployment overpayments by about $3.9 billion.

Three or four dollars were appropriate in 2001 when the PFCs were set.

The general aviation community has a long history of demonstrating its primary commitment to hardening our industry against attack.

I think that over the course of the past couple months, we have made some progress.

The Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record is extremely important to Veterans, VA and our service providers.

It seems to me that between the VA and the DOD we would have all the records that we could somehow produce and verify the records if we needed to do that.

One of the concerns there would be by creating a new office are you creating another layer of bureaucracy or another little section of the maze there, or are you really cutting through some of that and streamlining your operations?

I think that Eglin may have an issue with the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter going there.

I think UAVs will have a big presence in the future for our military needs.

That would be great. And if you could just keep us posted on that, that would be great.

Thank you for having this hearing and your attention to this.

My sense is they ought to be--there ought to be some sort of so-called 'death penalty' for them or some sort of blacklist where for a period of years they just can't bid on these contracts.

I think all of that is good because I think actually privatization for housing does make a lot of sense, but we just have to make sure that we manage it properly.

Do you know what your current timeline is on making the decisions around Lone Star?

We have some legislation here that we are working. It is S. 590, Defense Communities Assistance Act of 2009.

Do you remember, I thought we appropriated some money to do the cleanup?

They tried to consolidate the 38 Federal law enforcement assistance programs like COPS, et cetera, into three competitive grant programs.

How much money in your proposed appropriation, how much money are you requesting for citation-related projects?