Does that tend to be an indicator that there is some glimmer of hope here?

I, too, am looking for a person with good judgment, someone with intellectual curiosity and independence, but who also understands that her judicial decisions affect real people.

Sonia Sotomayor went out of her way to stand shoulder to shoulder with those of us in public safety at a time when New York City needed strong, tough, and fair prosecutors.

The Joint Economic Committee will come to order.

Thank you very much.

Senator Durbin and I and others, on a bipartisan basis, have worked on this food safety bill.

I hope you will look into that model.

Senator Thune and I, and a few others here, I think, serve on both Agriculture and Commerce.

I wonder, Ms. Harden, with your role with congressional relations, if you could talk a little bit about how we can stop this from happening again.

You know, we have people that go back and forth to take ballroom dancing, and it is a big concern on the border that that go as smoothly as possible.

That is very practical, so thank you very much for that.

I know that Senator McCaskill covered the issue that I was focused on, on local coverage and how important that is.