Introducing this legislation, Mr. Chairman, was not our first choice.

That is very helpful. Thank you. And that is, of course, the point of it, and one of the reasons why this bill has been referred to this Committee.

the hidden secret ownership of corporations in this country denies law enforcement critical tools and this hidden ownership is a significant security risk to our country

Our bill requires that filers provide beneficial owner information up front at the time of incorporation.

So they could identify a shell corporation in Panama or someplace as the record owner of that company?

U.S. corporations with hidden owners have created a serious law enforcement and a national security problem.

the most important information for law enforcement to know is the beneficial owner.

Are you suggesting that under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, given what corporations do across boundaries of States, we do not have the jurisdiction in Congress to require States to ask the question on their incorporation…

Secretary Stackley, we all know that the Navy will have difficulty affording the shipbuilding procurement programs that will meet our requirements and maintain the 313-ship fleet.

We went to war based on misleading, erroneous information that was passed on by our top policymakers.

How about waterboarding 183 times?

That's a decision made and I support the decision.

Among the differences is that obviously one voluntarily enters into SERE training.

The President had said he's no longer going to use waterboarding.

In his judgment, waterboarding is torture.

I want to get back at the answer that you gave, Mr. Preston, I understand, to Senator Feingold about whether or not specific techniques represented torture or not.

the use of coercive techniques in interrogation would increase resistance, would create doubts about the accuracy and reliability of the information obtained, and could be used by enemies as justification for the torture of captured U.S…

I thank you again, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing and hope that this can proceed expeditiously.

the support of Directors under Presidents of both parties for this position.

Would design and construction on new facilities... have to stop to allow the NRC to develop standards?

How will the NRC improve operational nuclear safety in older unlicensed facilities?

our number one goal should be to prevent Iran from getting that nuclear weapon.

This approach to contract management appears to be contradictory to every lesson that the Department of Defense has learned in the last decade.

the prevention of Iran getting missiles or nuclear weapons in the first place has to be our Number 1 goal.

One of the elements in the joint U.S.-Russian initiative is a recommended effort to increase decision time for the Russian President or the U.S. President before launching a retaliatory launch.