I want to thank Ms. Klobuchar for even bringing up that issue of education and the military.

I had a town hall meeting the other night, Mr. Hall--this is like a commercial, by the way--and I was meeting with some Veterans.

So I am just letting the Veterans know who might be watching this that they ought to find out about this new G.I. Bill.

After seeing what Mr. Boback presented here a moment ago, it is chilling what the public now has available to it.

Why did LimeWire, Mr. Gorton, block Tiversa from access to its portals after assuring the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...

We need to address this unemployment problem.

I also want to thank you for your tireless leadership to improve the strength and health of all American working families.

Thank you, Madam Chair, for holding this critical hearing on employees' ability to balance work and family.

I would hate to even imagine the Congress without women.

This is not a bash the Coast Guard hearing. This is about how do we work with the Coast Guard so that they can accomplish their mission.

I don't want one person losing one hour of work because of something that the Government failed to do.

I just want you to let us know what is your number one thing that you want them to do?

I fully understand why we need to get to the bottom of any existing medical situation that could compromise safe transportation.

I would suggest that you take a look at his testimony; it is very good.

We simply cannot afford to have one single person out of work because the Government cannot get its act together.

I just believe that we can do it.

This is my frustration, you see? This is why I set deadlines, because over and over again--you go ahead.

Tell me something, why is it that the time required by the Coast Guard to process an application appears to have lengthened?

How are we coming with regard to training of personnel?

I want to hear you say we have resolved the backlog.

I was looking at Ken Wells' testimony, the President of Offshore Marine Services Association, and he says inexperienced evaluators...

I want to thank you, Ranking Member, for your statement, and I certainly join you in your words...

We have got to make it as easy as we possibly can. We have got to go by the rules, as far as mariners are concerned, to do the right things.

I take it that you are trying to make sure that, in the process of doing that job--and this is to all of you--that they do their job, but that job does not interfere with commerce unreasonably and unnecessarily.

I think we need to resolve it, because the one thing we don't want to do is we don't want it to get worse.