John McCain

This increase is welcome, and absolutely necessary, and must supplement significant long-term increases in DOE's own budget.

Secretary Clinton, consistent with past practice on arms control treaties, when does the administration intend to provide the Senate with the negotiating record of the New START?

Secretary Clinton, I understand that we have yet to receive requested data on Russian compliance and verification since 2005 under START.

Secretary Clinton, did our negotiators receive assurances from Russia that they will not object to the full deployment of all four phases of the phased adaptive approach in Europe?

When do we expect that data to be available to the Senate?

It does not infringe upon the flexibility we need to maintain our forces, including bombers, submarines, and missiles, in the way that best serves our own national security interests.

We need to be confident that the treaty is verifiable, and we will have a better sense of that once Congress receives the new national intelligence estimate.

By bringing the New START into force, we will strengthen our national security more broadly, including by creating greater leverage to tackle a core national security challenge: nuclear proliferation.

In my years in the Senate I have supported previous bipartisan efforts to reduce our nuclear weapons in step with the Russian Government, and I have been proud to do so.

Secretary Gates, you have been quite clear 'that the treaty will not constrain the United States from deploying the most effective missile defenses possible, nor impose additional costs or barriers on those defenses.'

Why is it in the treaty then?

This treaty does not constrain our missile defense efforts.

We need to be confident that the treaty in no way limits the administration's ability and willingness to deploy missile defense capabilities, regardless of the statements made by the Russian government.

We need to be confident that any future reductions in our nuclear stockpile will be accompanied by a serious long-term commitment to modernizing our nuclear stockpile so we can have confidence in its safety, security, and reliability.

Are there types of businesses that you will not give claims to?

OK. During one of your town hall meetings, you were asked about claimants who work or operate in all-cash businesses and do not necessarily have tax returns, profit and loss statements, and check stubs.

I think that is really vital, and I thank you for doing that.

I strongly recommend that you step forward, frankly, as BP has--I did not think very often I would be praising BP.

Thank you for the opportunity to testify at today's hearing.

Do you believe that local government should be compensated for lost tax revenue and reimbursed for additional expenditures related to the response and cleanup efforts?

Have you got a handle on yet or a rough estimate of what the costs are going to be here?

Thanks for all your good work. Your reward will be in heaven, not here on Earth, Mr. Feinberg.

Well, maybe you could have your legal department provide for the record what your corporation's view is on the ability to deduct from taxable U.S. income payments that result from civil claims.

Just to follow up on the Chairman's question, Mr. Newman, you stated that you feel that your liability is only that may have been caused by diesel released from the rig.

And so do you have a policy or a way that you could preemptively take measures or steps to prevent fraud?