One of my frustrations with the Department and, frankly, with the Bottom-Up Review is that there are longstanding problems, which precede this Administration, that the Department still is not tackling and solving.

The Department's budget request for the cybersecurity division for fiscal year 2011 is $19 million less than it was funded for this fiscal year.

I think that is absolutely the case, and you can save money and actually enhance efficiency if the agencies are co-located in many cases.

The GAO first identified this necessity more than 7 years ago.

if you try to protect everything, you end up protecting nothing.

I think the Washington Post series has raised important questions about the big changes in our government since September 11, 2001.

I do believe that there are efficiencies and cost savings that can be achieved by consolidating some of the regional offices of DHS.

I would strongly encourage you and the Secretary to put your concerns in writing to Senators Dianne Feinstein and Christopher Bond.

I want to give you another example of an area that this Committee identified first in June 2008, again in 2009, and again, the two reports you have provided do not have any specifics for correcting the problems.

It is hard to imagine with so many that some of them were not, and I think we have to face that problem and deal with it so that the reality comes into conformance with the law.

I want to see specific action in that area as well.

I was shocked to hear the number 200,000 contract employees that are working for the Department of Homeland Security.

Do you agree that the Department needs new authorities and resources to perform its cybersecurity mission?

I rise today as a supporter of the Wall Street Transparency and Accountability Act, but also as one who has concerns over how the derivatives title of the bill will be implemented. I applaud the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee for…

As the Senator knows, insurance companies are already heavily regulated by State regulators who impose their own, very different regulatory and capital requirements. The fact that those capital requirements are not the same as those…

I ask the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, my colleague from Connecticut, Senator Dodd, to clarify the types of trust companies that fall within the scope of section 603(a), a provision that prohibits the Federal Deposit Insurance…

as we move to final passage of this historic legislation, I would like to thank Senator Dodd again for his leadership and strong support for my amendment to ensure that all insured depository institutions and depository institution holding…

Would the Senator agree that the council should not base designations simply on the size of the financial companies?

I understand that it is the intent of paragraph 7 of section 171(b) of this legislation to require the Federal banking agencies, subject to the recommendations of the council, to develop capital requirements applicable to insured…

Since 1997, when I first came to the Senate, the number of the accidental deaths from drugs in Maine has increased almost tenfold.

We need the DEA to update its regulations to allow safe, comprehensive take-back programs across our country.

I will be working with my colleagues to develop a comprehensive package of legislative reforms that reduce waste and ensure safe disposal.

We thank you again for your willingness to be here today, and we will now turn to the ranking member, Senator Corker, for his statement.

An estimated 40 percent of drugs that are dispensed outside of our Nation's hospitals go unused.

The vast majority of Americans currently dispose of unwanted medicines by throwing them in the trash or by flushing them down the toilet or sink.