Jerry Moran

Mr. Hoenig has been a friend and an adviser of mine for several years now, and I always appreciated his frank and honest advice and suggestions.

I commend the Senator from Tennessee for his remarks. I believe that while what happens in Washington is important, we really do change the world one person at a time, and it happens at home in classrooms across America each and every day…

As we know, airstreams and rivers and other bodies of water don't stop at a State's border. If that is the case, how is it fair for one State to let that pollution go into a downstream State's water? That's our concern.

I would have to say, as important as it is to protect jobs, it's important to protect lives. We have a responsibility to protect lives. You heard what's in this material. You can see why it's a national responsibility. So let's fulfill…

Clearly, more must be done to pressure Iran to change course and we cannot afford further delay.

Its success will depend upon enforcement.

I believe Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons is one of the greatest dangers to global stability and the security of our country that we face today.

The cost of meeting the emission reductions was actually 75 percent less than what EPA had originally predicted and even farther below what opponents had claimed. In the case of the rule for boilers and solid waste incinerators, EPA issued…

There is a crying need for a facility of this nature in this country at this time.

Secretary Napolitano testified this morning in a full Committee hearing and indicated that we have a ways to go--this is my summary of what she said--in preparedness on agro bioterror and that NBIF, the facility needs to be built.

Well, that would be fine, sir. Let me ask a broad question which is, is that the hope for the future, is that we can develop the necessary capabilities through science and research so that the consequences of the introduction of one of…

The best approach is prevention, and prevention comes through early detection.

We have to take a new approach, a new look to the way we address these diseases today.

The threat is certainly something to be concerned about, but in the absence of an actual introduction, other countries use this to their advantage.

Even the rumor of the disease introduction, whatever disease it is, has had tremendous consequences in market prices.

Is our focus more on prevention or upon containment?

Where are the greatest risks, is my question, I guess.

So the categorization matters as far as the priority or emphasis, at least in funding, that comes from the Federal Government?

I want to make certain that we, as a Congress, and the Department of Homeland Security... are doing the necessary things to protect our food supply.

Food safety and cultivation agriculture is a significant component of our economy.

This is a significant issue, certainly for our country.

I would appreciate you taking a look at that.

The Postal Service shall provide maximum degree of effective and regular Postal Service to rural areas, communities, and small towns where post offices are not self-sustaining.

I would love to see what that criteria is so that there is an opportunity for the communities to make the case that matters to the Postal Service.

The point is I understand that this train is leaving the station, but it's going in the wrong direction. We need to be investing in this country, not taking away the resources that will enable it to grow, it is through education, training…