So can you provide for this committee where the $5.6 billion has gone?

But it is the appropriate forum if it is not being done correctly and the American public is at risk because--have been delayed.

So, could you give this committee an update of where the States are regarding this issue?

So, will you supply this committee that information and then also supply us the information regarding the stockpile, verifying whether, in fact, that is happening within the States?

I am not convinced at this point that we are properly ready.

As a representative of the 37th Congressional District, I understand the critical importance of developing effective nuclear biological and radiological and chemical countermeasures.

So whether folks were supposed to have taken it or not, it is my understanding that KI is currently only required to be stockpiled within the 10-mile radius.

The budget priorities that I will outline today are what I believe is needed to restore the American dream for the millions of Americans who have been most affected by the difficult economic environment.

I am here to speak for the people I represent, the hardworking and really hard-pressed men, women, and children and businesses of the 37th Congressional District.

As we consider our budget priorities for FY 2012, we must enact a budget that will reflect the need to create jobs and invest in our future prosperity.

Coming as we do from all regions of the country and both sides of the aisle, the testimony you hear today is a fair reflection of the collective hopes and dreams of the American people.