Well, I'm going to----

I just want to make a comment about the Professional Corps. We encouraged the concept in the 2004 appropriations.

I am still disappointed. This is not an NSF budget. It's an OMB budget.

No Child Left Behind is having a very troubled history now, as it is implemented.

We really do want this information from you, and we would like to know how many cases EPA has decided not to pursue.

I just cannot, for the life of me, see why we would cut clean water funding.

But Mr. Administrator----

For many people, it is the gateway.

Where there are national shortages, you could end up in a war for talent which then becomes a bidding war.

We know that our subcommittee rejected a $75 million outsourcing study, and we understand that OMB is trying it again.

One of the things that I think we both admire about NASA is not only the exploration of what's out there, but the invention of technology, the new ideas that then lead to new products, that also benefit the larger American community.

So you have a pharmacy benefit management. Second, you use generic drugs. You also use mail-out pharmacies...

I think this is an area of bipartisan agreement where we need more water and sewer dollars.

Let's make it clear I will stand up for the Hubble, but I will always place the priority of our astronauts first.

I was really pleased to see that you want to spend an additional $5 million on training and technical assistance to recruit the volunteers and money.

Well, we are all for this Uncle Sam's Club.

Are you, or are you not, committed to the reauthorization of HOPE VI, knowing there needs to be review, refresh, reform, but also the restoration of HOPE VI as part of an authorized, funded program?

We believe in the State programs. We believe that ultimately while we look at these wonderful new programs, the large ones, that ultimately the heart and soul of AmeriCorps is what goes on at the local level.

For my final round I have one question about claims processing and then for our Afghan-Iraqi vets.

While we're here, we talked about the watershed issue, the $10 million in terms of the targeted watershed initiative for the Chesapeake Bay, again we appreciate it being targeted.

I really want to thank you for our tremendous inroads against predatory lending.

I have strong objections to the elimination of the Rural Housing and Economic Development Program.

It is not an earmark, it is a Congressional investment and Congressional priority.

We want to know the status. Have we reduced the waiting time and the waiting lines?

Senator Bond and I are committed to doubling NSF's budget. It's bi-partisan and bi-cameral.