I think that in light of your testimony about how the Corps has underestimated the cost of cleanup, that would seem to be important to do.

We don't see any reason why, when we are talking about weapons that are a century old, anybody with a straight face would use the term national security concern.

What I am trying to do is, as the title of the hearing implies, whether or not savings can make a difference, in terms of saving the institution.

We don't want the Post Office to disintegrate before our very eyes, and this may happen.

I would like to hear from the Postal Service this morning something other than nips and tucks.

No institution has had a deeper long-term decline. No institution that I can think of has had a deeper long-term decline than the Postal Service.

I am willing to look at something that I would not have thought about when I first came to Congress, a 5-day delivery.

You cannot get an answer. I am not saying a straight answer; I am saying an answer from the Federal Government.

What leaked out was deadly chlorine gas from one of three cars that was carrying liquid chlorine.

The hazardous substances area presents immense challenges to a market economy.

Federal employees and residents in this very dense region have lived with a continuous tension, most of it from a total lack of transparency on a subject of huge urgency involving hazardous materials.

I can't do anything without people. We are stuck on stupid without people.