In March--I am not certain that you have seen this. But in March, GAO issued a report that many of us in the Senate had requested about finding redundancies, waste, and inefficiencies in Government that we're missing right now.

I am concerned about that because pediatricians really are the primary care providers for our children.

I know that Senator Alexander has great respect for you because the other day he was telling me that he thinks you are the second best secretary of education we have ever had.

My view is that focusing on STEM will absolutely translate into better jobs, better opportunities for many, many, many Americans around the country.

I would encourage you and your staff to look at some of the things we have helped Customs and Border Patrol do in terms of polygraphs and background checks, et cetera.

I hope you will consider allocating an equal or maybe even a greater amount to try to finish some of those future interstates.

I know you met with a group from Arkansas, the stakeholders on 49.

To me, that is a very simple solution because it helps so much with knowing all the----

In our state, high-speed rail is something that is certainly a policy that we ought to consider as a nation.

I don't want to shortchange safety. I know that we need to trim our budgets, and everybody agrees that we're spending too much, but highway safety and transportation safety is very critical.

I think Senator Blunt was here before I was.