Johnny Isakson

Without that, States just do not have the resources because they cannot hire the staff.

I think that is a better way to do it than losing them in that overall merger.

I think about 90 percent of your budget is Federal funds. Is that not correct?

I think that you have to couple that with the labor force participation rate to get a true picture.

We have talked a lot about flexibility in Federal funds.

I appreciate your commitment to those with disabilities.

There are a lot of people with disabilities who are employable with assisted technology, and that gets missed.

I am just delighted to be here today to talk about the reauthorization and enrichment of the Workforce Investment Act.

Many States just cannot do it.

I would just encourage both of you to consider when you are talking about interagency cooperation, do not forget those catalysts for public transportation.

I commend you on that, and I will take any comment you might have about it.

I never knew a finer representative in the assembly, and I am sure there is no better commissioner of labor in the United States.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Well, I think that is an important quality fact. We do not want any mistakes to take place, but we do want to have a culture that when a mistake does take place, we take immediate action from a standpoint of the specific case.

To your knowledge, were all of the instances of infection in these three facilities self-reported by the facilities or did they come to you by virtue of the hotline?

It is very important that we have a mechanism of accountability to assure our veterans.

You have a complaint process, is that correct?

Would your office be the appropriate office to put in new procedures or direct new procedures?

Are you now making a specific inspection of the disinfecting process of this equipment as a part of that?

Following up on that question, so there is no relevant data on private sector occurrence of these infections in terms of if it happens at all or how frequent it happens?

I would really enjoy very much having that briefing, so let's make that happen.

Well, I know when I was on the western coast, they talked about wanting the U.S. Navy to make ports of call on that coast simply because the presence there sends a strong message.

I want to thank you for your commitment to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

We obviously can't pass laws that regulate production in China, but we have gateways, which are our ports, and we have a Commerce Department, and we have a CPSC.

I co-sponsored Senator DeMint's legislation dealing with the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, which I voted for, and Chairman Pryor spent a lot of time on, but it did have a lot of unintended consequences.