That is where the accountability needs to be.

I once again want to reiterate how glad I am that we are partners on the National Science Foundation appropriations.

I need passion. I need from you all such an outrage. Do you have the outrage?

Well, what I would like you to understand is the specific method, and I would like you to really think about this...

You know, that is a really big job, and first of all I think it is very laudatory.

I fought long and hard to uphold the principles that our National Service program was founded on over 10 years ago.

The public has been waiting with bated breath to not only talk to Secretary Martinez, but also to wish you happy birthday.

Are you getting the smallpox vaccine?

We all agreed Teach for America was a teacher's pet, but at the same time our criteria was that these were national in scope but local delivery.

To say that OMB's budget request for NSF is disappointing would be an understatement.

I am very concerned about the fact that the budget request for CDFI is $51 million and it is 30 percent below what we funded it at.

I cannot support a bureaucracy that violates the law, mismanages taxpayers' dollars, and creates uncertainty for our communities and our volunteers.

I asked the HUD IG to investigate a mortgage service agency called Fairbanks.

As you know, there are advocates who are very troubled by this.

I am troubled at the 2004 budget request for EPA.

I do not want to give up on the HOPE VI framework.

I believe this is not an NSF budget. I believe it is an OMB budget.

I doubt there is anyone on this Subcommittee who would argue that the Section 8 program does not have its flaws...

This is prevention for future financial problems, and it is like being immunized against being taken advantage of.

Can you just tell me what we are going to do on it?

Well, first of all, from what I could see, any change would require statutory and regulatory change.

I think we're all clear that on February 1 our Nation suffered this tragic loss when the Space Shuttle Columbia exploded and seven astronauts lost their lives.

My question is this, Doctor. You have read the Danish study of Drs. Olsen and Gotzsche...

This year Congress must reauthorize the Mammography Quality Standards Act, because women must continue to have safe, quality mammograms.

I do believe that mammograms save lives, and we need to know when is the best time to get them.