You can do it, but we can help. We all have a role and a responsibility to play.

You indicated there is a lot of bureaucracy, a lot of red tape, and it can be very frustrating, time consuming.

I hope we will have a chance to ask a few more.

One of the things we try to focus on in this Committee is not dealing with symptoms of problems, but how do we deal with root causes of the problems.

One of my favorite sayings, if it is not perfect, make it better.

They cleaned those up. They have been cleaned up a lot. That has helped a lot.

It was the birthplace of the modern broiler or meat-type industry in the United States.

part of the trade negotiations going on right now with the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership is the use of vaccinations in livestock or birds and to what extent does that impair our ability to sell to a lot of different countries.

In the Navy, we had to face a big challenge, it is like all hands on deck, and this is all hands on deck.

Just talk to us about root causes here. Is there any way to address this challenge, this problem with the avian influenza by addressing not just the symptoms of the problem, but by addressing root causes, or is that just not possible?

The President has actually said--here is his idea. He has given us a big idea, and basically it says that $2 trillion is part of the overseas profits of American companies, that they are just not bringing it home.

It should be the goal of every agency, large and small, to be at the top of this table, not at the bottom.

I am not sure we are fully implementing them as quickly as we need to, but at least I think on that front we have done our job.

This is an all-hands-on-deck moment; we all have a responsibility.

I wish to begin by talking about two subjects. The first of those is the nuclear agreement that our Nation and five other nations are seeking to negotiate with Iran, and the second is I wish to do something we don't do often enough and…

over the past few months I have been coming to the floor to recognize the work of a few of the outstanding employees of the Department of Homeland Security. There are over 200,000 men and women who work at the Department's 22 components…

Oregon has been doing this for 10 years. They are a good laboratory of democracy, and hopefully we can learn from them.

Several years ago, when Bowles-Simpson was being stood up, they invited input from all of us, and George Voinovich and I suggested that we raise the gas tax and the diesel tax by a penny a month for 25 months.

This attack is deeply troubling and could have far-reaching consequences for a great number of people.

I think, to me, we have a gas tax, it should just be raised.

We have to bring our 'A' game to the fight every single day.

Excellent explanation. Thank you so much.

If it is not perfect, let us make it better.

I ask unanimous consent to proceed for an extra 6 minutes. May I prevail on the Senator from Ohio? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I think one of the things that Senator Warner said at the beginning of his comments is that, while financing is important, funding is critical.