The Asian carp would dramatically change the fishery make-up of the Great Lakes.

We simply are asking the committee, subcommittee then committee in the Senate and Congress then to do is to make sure that the bighead variety of the Asian carp is prohibited.

Limiting the movement of live bighead carp will lower the risk of an introduction of these fish into the Great Lakes.

The area you described I know up close and personal being a Representative or Senator now from a Great Lakes State just how these invasive species can do massive damage to our environment and to our lakes.

As a Senator from a Great Lakes State, I have seen up close the consequences of allowing aquatic invasive species to enter our waters.

The best chance that we have against invasive species is prevention.

The President's plan emphasizes protecting the Afghan people consistent with the recommendations in General McChrystal's assessment.

An adequately funded plan for reintegration is long overdue.

For the sake of our military men and women who are, or will be, deployed in harm's way, as well as the well-being of our Nation, we have to get the strategy right.

That means recruiting of soldiers and police needed to quickly expand Afghan forces; it means serious anticorruption efforts; it means national reintegration and reconciliation policies, and retention and support for honest, competent…

I agree with the President's emphasis on the training and rapid growth of the Afghanistan National Security Forces (ANSF) and transitioning responsibility to the Afghan Government for Afghanistan's security.

It's specific and it's set, as directed by the President.

We need not only to 'Afghanize,' but also to 'NATOize' the Afghanistan mission.

An Afghan surge should be our goal, and any U.S. surge should be related to that goal.

I think you all have said that, as have the Chairman, the Ranking Member, and others on this panel.

The diversity of our Nation's military and of our Nation as a whole has been a great strength.

There is already a great deal in the public record about Major Hasan that raises concerns about the adequacy of our law enforcement...

it seems to me plays right into the hands of the extremists and the fanatics.

we are going to have to end the misuse of U.S. corporations, and there is only one way to do it, and that is to require those corporations to disclose beneficial ownership.

This is an army that is willing to fight and take on the Taliban. What they need is much larger numbers. They need training. They need the equipment. And we have fallen short in providing them with all of that.

Funding for lighthouse restoration is important to Michigan and to the nation's historic preservation efforts.

Unfortunately, after obtaining custody of the lighthouses, many of the nonprofit organizations have struggled to raise the funds to adequately restore and maintain the lighthouses.

This legislation creates a three year competitive grant program at the Department of the Interior that will help to pay for the preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses across the country.

As to the issue of price convergence, a competing theory which has been offered for why there is a lack of price convergence is that the Chicago wheat contract is flawed.

I would think he is an expert. He knows firsthand.