I think the threat to the industrial base casts doubt upon your ability to do something in 2015 if the President decides, or whatever President it is decides they want to go back to solid rocket motors.

It is time to retire the space shuttle, and the President provides for that at the end of calendar 2010.

First of all, no matter what we do, my No. 1 priority is astronaut safety.

I am puzzled by this. How have you been reminding contractors of their obligation to have reserve funds?

I hope that the Committee unanimously reports them out, and I hope that we can confirm them expeditiously.

I believe if we all focus on where we want America to be in space, and how we protect Americans who we ask to do things we will be able to find solutions to how we work through these complex challenges.

My criteria are that any nominee must have absolute integrity, judicial competence and temperament, a commitment to core constitutional principles, and a history of civic engagement in our own State of Maryland.

Senator Hutchison presented a really doomsday scenario.

I rise today to bring attention to Equal Pay Day. It is today, April 20, that represents how long women had to work into 2010 to earn what men made in 2009. It is an unfortunate occasion. Women make this country run--we are business…

it is with great sadness that I rise to commemorate the life of a great woman and civil rights pioneer, Dr. Dorothy Height. Her passing this morning is a great loss to our country, but each day her legacy lives on, in civil rights, women's…

Well, I am going to back you 100 percent on this because I want to say promises made, promises kept. We are really going to go after that fraud and abuse.

I believe it is an abomination to victims, law enforcement, and the Constitution when Congress, the Department of Justice, and the White House blindly ignore the professional opinion of the most renowned DNA experts in the world.

we want to be able to send a message to those who want to bilk American families

the country is at war right this very minute with cyber attacks on the United States

Do you believe that the contractor has had a sufficient wake-up call and is ready and cooperating with you?

I rise to speak in favor of the TRICARE Dependent Coverage Extension Act. Last month, President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law. It was a historic day. For the first time in American history we committed to ending the…

And I know Senator Shelby feels the same passion I do.

this white collar crime--insidious, virulent, and despicable--is really undermining our families

I believe that there is a real commitment on this subcommittee, and people like Senator Tom Coburn had excellent ideas.

I am cautiously optimistic that we are on the path to get that accomplished.

We need a spirit of reform. We need a spirit of watchdog.

We want to have a chance for you to amplify the needs that that unique unit has.

Do you feel that you have enough resources to be dealing with this magnitude of caseload and also with the fact that this is now involved with international activity?

We think the FBI has the right stuff. We want to make sure that we have given you the right resources.

Does the administration now have a sense of real urgency to pursue this?