And just one other quick follow up, is this--you will also give us the impact in terms of the fleet size over the next couple decades, which should, I think, show some pretty dramatic benefit if we are able to really fill that hole.

This week the National Women's Law Center issued a report, an online survey of insurance brokers across the country; and what they found is something that every woman who owns a small business or tries to buy a policy on the individual…

Having a timeline can be a very healthy thing in terms of also when you are trying to accomplish a transition.

One way that you stimulate leadership is with, you know, both sort of carrots and sticks.

If we don't see some political outcome from reconciliation, which can have the effect ultimately of reducing the effectiveness and the effect safe havens; if we don't see Pakistani action to address the safe havens, then ultimate we are…

Thank you Mr. Chairman, and I am actually going to try and get within that five minutes, or below the five minutes, because I know you have a lot of input that you have to hear today and votes are coming up soon.

I am quite concerned about the proposals for Medicare.

But, you know, we figured, well, okay, we will have an analysis that is going to show why even flying these planes is a net loser.

the importance of the work your Commission does is in people's faces every single day.

the law is crystal clear that this is something that the Commission was required to do.

And again I hope that this Congress will recognize that you have hard work to do and that you need the staff to do it to protect our economy.

124 days. That's how many days between today and July 1 when the interest rates for the Stafford Student Loan program are going to double from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent unless Congress acts. I, Congressman Peters, and Senator Jack Reed in…

I would urge you to... get those position limits to follow the law, which is what the Congress enacted.

Well, again, certainly we want to work with you in terms of trying to, you know, find missions.

Again, those planes are, in my understanding--are used for intelligence and reconnaissance given the fact that, you know, the strategy horizon is that we are sort of going to be leaving Afghanistan sometime in the future.

I mean there are a couple of options which, again, haven't played out.

I mean those planes are still being used. And that is sort of a thing that I think we are struggling to understand.

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there is no question that the momentum of two subs a year... is achieving savings.

zero minus zero equals zero.

I served on the Readiness Subcommittee for the last 5 years.

the strategy... clearly focuses on Asia-Pacific, and you can't have an effective strategy without a strong undersea fleet.

It cost about twice as much as was predicted; and, as Mr. Thornberry said, the net savings are still years away.

The long-term effect in terms of the fleet size will be decades.

you very eloquently described the value of the industrial base to our national security.