Tom Carper

I find that troubling, and the fact that they do not have a good accounting for the children under their care.

If it is not perfect, make it better.

I am sorry. In some instances, that turns out to be what?

Talk about that. How would it work?

Let me just ask anyone on the panel.

Suggested that is something that is inappropriate, that it should not be allowed, that we can stop that fairly easily.

What we do here in this Subcommittee, week after week, month after month, is to try to drill down on how to get better results for less money.

Those were great questions and points.

Well, as we approach Christmas, that thought of someone is coming, all you have to do is hold on and sit tight, is probably in the minds of a lot of kids your age and across the country.

That is a great answer.

Find out what works and do more of that.

It is hard to do well in school when you are zoned out. It is hard to do well in the Senate when you are zoned out.

The Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovation Act that recently passed Congress was a good step, but it, quite frankly, does not go far enough.

Over the past few years, this Subcommittee has been focused almost exclusively on how our Federal Government can achieve better results for less money.

Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this hearing today.

Current law is not sufficient and it is time that the Toxic Substance Control Act is modernized.

At the end of the day, we need to enact something.

It has been more than 30 years since we revisited the Toxic Substance Control Act, and that is far too long.

What we have to do is find them and figure out what they did.

I am not going to pick on former Congressman Dooley. His reputation in the House was actually somebody who was pretty good at working across the aisle and pretty good at coming to consensus.

I don't think you can sit there at the table and say, oh, yes, we want to see them pulled off.

I just think it is important for some of our other colleagues who may have questions about you to have a chance to meet you personally.

Take full advantage of whatever time lies between now and when we actually have a chance to vote on your nomination.

To the extent that you have the chance to meet with him personally, I urge you to do that.

In fact, we all are on this Committee, and it is a big part of what we do, not just homeland security.