Thank you for taking the time to hold this hearing and provide the opportunity for testimony on these important matters.

I thank you for those comments.

I will not vote for raising the debt limit without a vehicle to handle this.

I will not do this unless there is tangible evidence that we are beginning to head in a better direction.

I also believe if the commission is only Members of Congress, they will be subject to so much importuning by various groups.

I feel, as does Senator Voinovich, I will vote for this.

My bottom-line belief is that the health care medical insurance industry should be nonprofit in the United States.

To me, this bill is one small step we can take to send a very loud signal to the medical insurance industry that times have got to change.

I am deeply concerned about the medical insurance marketplace. I believe it lacks a moral compass.

When Senator Dianne Feinstein...expressed misgivings about how expanding Medicaid would affect California's budget, Ms. DeParle gathered some charts and dropped by [the Senator's home] on a Saturday.

Your legislation will provide much needed relief in the form of a flexible and useful tool that will allow water to be transferred from willing parties to those in need within the CVP.

This legislation will help provide good water management while providing flexibility for CVP customers.

I thank you for introducing transfer legislation for the Central Valley Project (CVP) and we support your efforts.

Your legislation will bring important reform to existing transfer authorization thus increasing the efficacy of this essential water management tool.

Coping with California's water crisis demands utilization of various best management practices including water transfers.

We look forward to working with you and your staff in the coming months in this important legislative effort.

We support your efforts and this legislation as a means of providing greater flexibility in the management of Central Valley Project.

Your legislation will provide immediate, much needed relief in the form of a flexible and useful tool.

We appreciate your leadership in advancing this legislation and addressing California water issues so important to our collective future.

Thank you for introducing legislation authorizing and establishing a permanent long-term program to promote and manage water transfers.

the Mexican Government is very concerned about the massive importation of guns from the United States into Mexico. Big guns, too.

I spoke to Senator Leahy yesterday and indicated that we would like to work together, if possible, so we do not get into battles of sequential referrals and that kind of thing.

Earlier this year, my Senate colleagues and I wrote to you to request a more coordinated response to conflicts between the military mission and wind power.

That amounts to millions and millions of dollars every year.

The degree to which you can sit down and solve the problems is very much appreciated.