We need to look at what are acceptable collapse rates for new buildings and who determines what that will be.

Do you have a sense of how our Federal Government is doing in terms of working with state and local and private sector folks about earthquake preparedness nationwide?

I really hope that this 2011 exercise really does bring more public awareness and education about what the public should do in the event of an earthquake.

I come here today to say a few words about P.K. Holmes.

Basically, everybody else just said, 'Hey, if P.K. wants it, then he would do a much better job than I could ever do.'

He is just exactly the kind of person I think we would all want on the Federal bench.

one of the things I pick up in my State, even from the folks who want lower taxes and less government, they still are comfortable with us investing in infrastructure.

So, let me just say thank you very much for your time and participation.

We need to do more to ensure the safety of our roads.

we need strong laws, visibly enforced; consumer education about those laws, and the fact that they're being enforced, and how they can protect themselves; and then we need to look at the role of technology.

How do we--as policymakers here, how do we set this up to where we find the most effective combination of carrots and sticks?