The CFTC should be proactive and try to anticipate matters that pose a threat to systemic risk.

I think the CFTC must preserve the price discovery aspect of the markets and risk management hedging benefits that it provides.

It is important that whatever regulations are put in place does not constitute strangulation of the commodities in the whole.

one of the failings in the past... is that NASA becomes the handmaiden of the Office of Management and Budget.

I want it established that then-candidate Obama clearly came out and stated that he wanted to reactivate the National Space Council within the White House.

Picking up on the Ranking Member's questions--and by the way, Mr.

And how are you going to coordinate with others that get into energy and climate change policies, such as Carol Browner, Dr. Chu, Nancy Sutley, as well as the NOAA Administrator?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

It is hard to register, hard to vote, hard to count votes. All the difficulties are clear and navigating through these difficult areas is not always that easy.

One disenfranchised service member is one too many but, when two out of three ballots are not counted for whatever reason, we have got a serious problem on our hands.

I am mightily impressed. And as the Director-designate indicated yesterday, so much of the success of his agency will be in human intelligence.