I am going to bring up one of those kinds of questions right now too.

I think you have a good point about de minimis business, but you ought to complete the work on it so that investors do have access to that information.

This is such a complex and important issue. We clearly need more transparency.

It seems to me that the documents that you have compiled... tell a very different story.

I think it is very clear what the Goldman executives meant, and I, too, am baffled that they continue to maintain that they did not have an overall net short position.

Thank you for leading this investigation into the root causes of the great recession of 2008.

This investigation raises two overarching issues. First, we must recognize that the dynamic innovation of our capital markets can have a downside.

Investment advisers have a legal obligation to act in the best interests of their clients.

Do you think that Congress should impose a clear fiduciary obligation to act in the best interests of your clients on broker-dealers?

I believe we have a duty to serve our clients well.

I cannot help but get the feeling that a strategy of the witnesses is to try to burn through the time of each questioner.

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Many of the employees at VA Togus focus specifically on disability claims processing.

Secretary Tauscher, is the administration prepared to make assessments of each country's compliance with the NNPT separately from the IAEA?

Who decides if a country is in compliance with the NNPT?

I understand that another 20 employees may be added at Togus to continue to help reduce the disability claims backlogs.

if the United States relies on the assessment of the IAEA, are we putting the countries which sit on the IAEA Board of Governors in a position to dictate how we can respond to certain attacks?

if the United States will establish its own assessment of each country's compliance with the NNPT, does this undermine U.S. credibility in working with our allies and other nations in reducing nuclear proliferation?

The development of the broadband network and health information technologies has the potential to truly transform healthcare, simultaneously enabling better outcomes and lowering costs.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this important hearing to examine the ways that we can unlock the value of broadband to bring telehealth and other patient monitoring technologies into the home.

I would encourage both of you to take a look at that facility because if it does meet your needs, we should use current assets and save some money in this very tight budget environment.

Investing in technology can improve the quality of life for seniors.

As part of last year's Recovery Act, Congress made a major investment of some $19 billion to increase the meaningful use of electronic health records.