What I'm concerned about... is about the vulnerable populations.

But you--this is beyond note taking. This is what we're looking at here.

Maybe we need tort reform in our own Government so that--maybe that's where we ought to have tort reform.

Mahmoud Abbas has got to not only dismantle the security forces, but he's got to dismantle a mindset

I absolutely want to support the President in this initiative.

I'm pretty hot about this.

I don't want their families to end up in poverty. I don't want their families ending up on food stamps.

Well, we know it's a big issue among the people of Poland.

I haven't seen a frozen asset. I haven't even seen an ice cube asset.

I just find this--that we had to push to get a death benefit raised from $12,000 to $100,000.

the women of the Senate are very concerned about the long-range consequences on these children

I remember your testimony that said, 'This war isn't going to cost us anything.'

Senator Biden, my colleague, and I are $1.5 billion short every year for our veterans.

I'm outraged at the possibility that my troops, the troops that wear the uniform of the U.S. military, would engage in brutal, savage tactics. I won't put up with it.

I want to congratulate you on your very successful trip to Europe.

Will this be limited only to Iraq and Afghanistan?

Would this be retroactive to September 11?

I hope that it will be the first step of many, but you've really responded to our call for not only reform, but for transformation.

We don't want more bureaucracy. We've had a dismal experience with the drug czar concept.

I think you're onto something here, and happy to be a co-sponsor.

Well, this has been a wonderful hearing, Senator Bond. Thank you for providing the leadership for us to organize it.

Alzheimer's disease affects millions of Americans and their families, and we must find solutions.

I want to thank everyone for being here today to discuss this critical issue.

What about the recommendations on this? There are also those that believe that because HUD has contracted out property disposition, that debt has become more expensive and fraught, rife with waste.

We understand, in the Challenge Grants--then I want to get to the Next Generation Grants--that you received about $36 million worth of requests.