At a time when the Nation remains engaged in a long-term conflict with those who advocate the use of terror against the United States, the OMB policy guidance and funding recommendations for fiscal year 2011 simply do not make sense.

We are really proud of law enforcement because they knew where to go.

Well, in light of what has happened, I think there are going to be a lot of recommendations, and we would welcome your views on that.

That is like 10 percent of the Government's funding.

Why don't we take a look at that and see and come back to it?

Well, I would like your team to talk more extensively to Senator Feinstein and me and about something we might ask of the President.

I intend to be a watchdog and a reformer in terms of the administration.

I come to the floor today to talk about an issue about which I care very deeply and have fought for all of my life. That is financial services reform. I am not a Janie-come-lately to this issue. In 1999, I opposed the repeal of the…

I rise to speak on the issue of financial services. Before I do, I wish to say to the Senator from Massachusetts, Mr. Brown, that we in Maryland express our condolences to him and his loss. We have suffered many of our own. We are comrades…

if there is one thing that we should all be able to agree on, it is that the American taxpayer should never again have to bail out a Wall Street firm. We need to be fighting for Main Street, not Wall Street, and the Boxer amendment is a…

This subcommittee stands in recess until Thursday, April 29 at 10 a.m.

I take my advice and consent responsibilities very seriously and the opportunity to recommend to a President of the United States a nominee for the Federal bench is indeed a great honor, but it is a great responsibility.

We need a destination. NASA has been a mission-driven agency since its creation.

I want to also bring to the Committee's attention that it is not just my opinion or even your opinion, Mr. Chair, but the opinion of the American Bar Association.

I need good answers, and so does Senator Bennett, but----

So if, in fact, you say to these bold, innovative companies on which we are now betting the future of our astronauts going to the space station or in a low orbit there is going to be a safety standard, but we won't have it complete until…

The 2011 NASA budget is $19 billion, $276 million more than 2010.

But what do you think--you know, we all have these kind of now movie fantasies, the way we think the world works like the movies or now like video games.

We also want to be sure that we do not lose our technology, no matter what the cancellation or transition is.

We cannot reinvent NASA every 4 years. Every new President can't have a new NASA agenda.

We need to find the will and the commitment as a Congress, and as a nation, to 'Go for launch.'

We just don't want to be spending money. We also want to be able to get results for our science.

I think you get a flare here. When it comes to the space program, we have really been a bipartisan group.

When she said it, actually, I thought, 'Oh, my gosh, she is so right.'

What is your plan for the contractors who will be forced to terminate your work if this proposal is accepted?