We also have global uncertainty relative to our national security and the world security.

I think this has been a very instructive and timely hearing and we deeply appreciate your willingness to be with us.

It is a day we have long waited for, and hopefully your positive remarks today will bear that out and set us on the right trend, a positive trend.

The Congress of the United States, along with the Executive Branch, but also the Federal Reserve... is to enact and implement sound policies that achieve a dynamic economy.

I particularly want to thank our witnesses. I thought it was a very constructive discussion.

First, I want to thank Senator Cotton for asking the Committee to examine how we can improve the Social Security Disability Insurance program.

There appears to be a lot of dysfunction.

Either you can work, or you cannot work. Either you are disabled, or you are not disabled.

I am very pleased that Congress in the most recent legislation on payments to physicians mandated that they remove the Social Security Numbers from the Medicare cards.

I am disappointed we have not been able to get there, even though there is really an understanding of the problem and a commitment to do something about it.

The results from the Gallup-Purdue Index ought to give all of us pause in terms of how we can provide better value for the cost that is being endured by students and their parents.