The Debt Commission report yesterday that should trouble every American and every policymaker.

What if every agency asked to be held harmless? We wouldn't be able to do anything about the budget deficit, would we?

The CPSC is a small agency with a large but important mission: to regulate more than 15,000 consumer products, keeping the public safe from preventable injuries and deaths caused by unsafe and defective products.

How soon could you provide that list, Ms. Tenenbaum?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for that concluding statement, which I think is very valuable and helpful.

I rise this evening, as so many colleagues have done, to pay tribute to and remember one of the Senate's most enduring Members, the late Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who was buried today. For 40 years, Senator Stevens represented the…

I support this nomination for all of the reasons that Senator Cochran has already outlined.

Only 3 years before Senator Stevens earned his wings, Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr., of the Royal Canadian Air Force composed a poem after being struck by the sheer wonder of flying a test flight at 30,000 feet. This poem was…

It does seem a bit ironic, that States are coming forward and saying we need more of a Federal plan, and the Federal Government is seemingly talking about State flexibility and federalism.

Of course we're holding a hearing today into the safety provisions of our last highway bill and the way it is administered through NHTSA.

we're very concerned about the fact that these all have different schedules, they all have been put together in a piecemeal fashion.

We were spending an enormous sum of money in fiscal year 2008. I do believe that in this crisis we have, we can get back to that level and make do. That is so important in light of what this Congress and this administration have done to…

Frankly, I think that the Insurance Institute's analysis really is taking a look at data that is based on a lot of laws that may not necessarily be strictly enforced.

I would commend to my colleagues a letter dated July of this year from every Republican on the Senate Appropriations Committee pointing out, No. 1, the enormity of the Federal debt and the problem and direct threat it poses to national…

I want to make sure that we are targeting the most dangerous kinds of distracted driving.

Let me make sure the people within the sound of our voices tonight understand this. For the first time in the history of the modern-day Budget Act, the Congress has not even brought forward a budget plan to be debated, much less amended…

If that's the case, then we need to know that. It may seem counterintuitive, but I think we need to base our funding and base our actions on the real research.

We must prioritize the safety of our drivers and passengers.

Actually, the most distracting thing in your car that we found in our statistics is an insect.

And this is astonishing in light of what the Senator has pointed out with regard to where we are going on payment of interest on the national debt. Anytime we are paying interest, that is money that can't be used for highways, for…

Let me make it clear, every member of this committee is interested in doing what we can to prevent accidents caused by distracted driving.

It's just important, in my judgment, that whatever we do and whatever scarce resources we have, be spent on research-based results--research-based facts.

I am glad that the Senate voted last night by unanimous consent to extend the NFIP through September of next year.

Do any of you want to talk about the possibility of too much notification?

One of the best things Congress could do for the vast coastal areas of this country... is to resolve the nuances associated with insuring against hurricanes.