As far as you know, will you be able to buy, with the Federal procurement system, the latest technology or are there legal impediments that we might need to deal with?

I remain gravely concerned about taxes in the President's budget, and in fact, I remain concerned about our overall tax policy.

The Cold War has been over, Mr. Chairman, for almost 20 years. It is time these weapons programs are ended.

The President himself said during his address to Congress that we need to, and I quote him, reform our Defense budget so that we are not paying for Cold War-era weapons systems that we don't use, unquote.

The initial invasion of Iraq made no sense, and with the current financial problems we are facing it makes even less sense.

Bad banks must be held accountable for their incompetence or we will all go broke.

I care much more about the well-being of Floridians than I do about the well-being of Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds.

The Iraq War has cost America at least $1.5 trillion in tax dollars, and for that money that we have doled out to pay for the war, we could have provided health care coverage to every American who doesn't have it.

I can no longer sit back and watch our constituents be exploited by failed banks dangling desperately needed access to credit.

What I am seeing is a massive transfer of wealth from the taxpayers to the banks in the name of systemic risk.

Are you saying the number 29 is the number 30?