the administration of this program has been far too lax, and it is not protecting retirees, participants, and future participants.

I am troubled about what happened in this case.

I am going to offer an amendment to put the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman on that council.

I encourage the Postmaster General to negotiate with our unions about cross-craft training.

Isn't it a problem if we come up with an amortization schedule that suspends payments for several years?

And it seems like you're choosing a route that goes in the opposite direction.

There should be a committee of Congress watching this, following this, making certain that we are moving toward the same goal.

I have always been a strong advocate for our Federal workforce.

I hope to get that benefit in the future.

That would be very helpful because, obviously, if there is an imbalance, that is a problem at this time of great budget strain.

Thank you. Those sound like very worthwhile and protective moves on the Commission's part.

The success of that depends on close coordination with the Commission, and the Commission was charged with developing a comprehensive risk assessment.

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

Obviously, our first priority is to make sure that all products, including toys for children, are safe.

Unfortunately, today we see that the incidence of fraud and predatory scams appears to be on the rise.

What does the FTC do to try to better publicize scams, whether they're via the Internet or coming through the mail?

I think you have a good point about de minimis business, but you ought to complete the work on it...

This is really critical to keeping dangerous products from ever coming into our country in the first place.

Well, I can tell you, you're encouraging them to move faster.

Without their dedication, this vital work could not be done.

I've long had an interest in combating consumer fraud.

While the Consumer Product Safety Commission is a relatively small agency, it has a critical mission of keeping the public safe from dangerous products.

I was disappointed when the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported, last August, that not as much progress been made in this area as I would have hoped.

There's a considerable difference in the estimates of savings.

Mr. Potter, it's my understanding that the OPM and the GAO both strenuously disagree with the inspector general's conclusion.