we are seeing the escalation of a significant new threat that takes advantage of radicalized violent Islamist extremists within our borders.

I would invite all of you, for the record, to tell us what changes in laws, what different allocation and resources, what you need from Congress.

We want this information sharing, which is so vital, to be improved, so that the vital information can be linked while protecting, obviously, the privacy and civil liberty rights.

I think this is an issue that we do need to work further on.

I think that is what the Kean-Hamilton report was trying to say.

I just want to echo your thanks to our witnesses and also to the thousands of Federal employees who work for them.

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These rules also apply to hospitals, schools, or any entity that is using a large boiler.

I appreciate that commitment.

the Postal Service needs to make some very hard decisions to reduce its cost structure to become more competitive.

The budget put forth by the President, which I opposed, would double the public debt in 5 years and triple it in 10 years.

I have urged that we do a very quick mark-up so that you can get right to work.

the thing I fear is discretionary spending, while it is very important and we need to constrain it, is a small part of the total problem.

I view it, if OMB goes ahead with this policy, as being totally contrary to the Competition in Contracting Act.

We require honest assessments of fiscal realities, untarnished by political calculus.

Given the tax and economic policies coming out of Washington, we do not dare create any jobs, take any risks, or make any investments.

Without bold, urgent action, we are heading toward a future of financial stagnation, bogged down by costly entitlements, slow job creation, and sluggish economic growth.

I hope that this is a case where history repeats itself.

The industry experts that I have talked with are very concerned that the standards are being set so high.

I am very concerned that this goes away from a merit-based procurement policy.

the Postal Service is in an enormous crisis. It has announced a loss of $5.4 billion for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2010.

I do not see how you can say that there would not be a negative impact on demand and on the economy if we hit those individuals with a substantial tax increase.

the Postal Service has been overpaying into the Civil Service Retirement System by between $50 to $55 billion.

If we do not act, Americans will face one of the largest tax increases in U.S. history.

This is the kind of thing that drives the public crazy.