I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown of Ohio). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

What I am going to talk about in terms of legislation, the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act, is fundamentally different and I think is an important complement to that and is a much more immediate relief valve.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Collins and Members, for the opportunity to visit with you today and for this very important hearing.

the question in my mind is not whether to regulate but how.

If we could cut that in half--and that burden would still be too high, in my opinion--that would mean for a business of 20 people, over $100,000 a year.

I look forward to hearing about that effort from Cass Sunstein, who is overseeing the process as the head of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA).

I watched with great interest President Obama's speech about our spending and debt crisis. That is what I would call it. He did not use as stark terms, unfortunately, but it is a spending and debt crisis. First of all, I am at least a…

I am very pleased to join Senator Landrieu in introducing and strongly supporting Nannette Jolivette Brown for this position.

a few weeks ago, as we were debating whether to move to this bill now on the floor, I sent a letter to the distinguished majority leader, Senator Reid, and I was joined by several of my colleagues. We made a real simple point. The simple…

I think the regulatory environment as it applies to community banks is critically important.

I think, clearly, that new super-bureaucracy is going to have a huge impact, and in my view is going to be a huge threat to the continued viability of community banks.

America's illegal immigration problem is clearly way out of control. We can all agree that we desperately need to better protect our borders, ensure that only citizens and legal residents can be hired for jobs in this country, and reverse…

I am very, very concerned about that new threat to community banks created by Dodd-Frank.

My concern is that we are going to inhibit commerce and basically cost jobs.

since President Obama took office, the price of a gallon of gasoline at the pump has risen 96 percent--96 percent, from $1.83 to now $3.60, with absolutely no end in sight. Meanwhile, and not coincidentally, the President has virtually…

Well, again, I know I am repeating myself, but if you all can followup with every feature that is temporary, the time line to make it permanent and where the dollars are in hand to get that done, that would be very comforting.

Morganza to the Gulf. That is an absolutely vital project that has been lingering and delayed for decades now.

Are you saying the permanent will be complete by the end of this calendar year? Because I don't think that is the case.

Let me applaud your saying that future reprogramming is not ruled out.

I am very concerned about some real gaps in that work and some real continuing needs in that work post-Katrina.

I am very, very glad that we are going to meet that deadline in some sense, and I thank you again for the Corps' work.

I fully support the role of these agencies in gathering sensitive and necessary information to safeguard the interest of the United States.

Forty one million to these local entities is a lot of money. They are out. They have fronted that money.

OK. Well, that was announced. So if this is the announcement of a reversal of that, I applaud it.

I don't want to take up more time here, but could you give me a written schedule, where any item that is temporary will be made permanent?