I would just strongly encourage our Federal and State folks to really work together and get to a good understanding of what we're dealing with here.

Is it possible that the Chinese company would have recycled old gypsum board as part of the production process for this so-called new wallboard?

I would like to thank Senator Nelson and his staff for answering our pleas for help.

Three, possibly four, Chinese drywall specimens have been identified--Dragon, Tashon, and CNM--and they are associated with the Chinese National Building Materials Company.

I am deeply appreciative of the attention given to this issue by Senator Nelson, Congressman Wexler and others.

I can assure you they are going to be educated, by the time they get confirmed, about Chinese drywall.

This testing is scheduled to begin during the first week of June.

We respectfully request that the Committee include $2 million for the CPSC to fully investigate and evaluate the defective drywall.

I want you all to do--I won't take this stuff out, because I was handling it all of yesterday.

I want to see, first of all, why we have not had responsiveness from the EPA.

Such tests would allow the Federal Government to fully understand the scope of the health and public safety risks posed by this product.