I'm going to vote 'yes,' as a matter of fact.

Thank you, and I am sure our witnesses realize that eventually they're going to get a chance to speak also.

I implore all the parties involved to always consider the well-being of innocent people who have been evicted from their uninhabitable homes.

These reports have increased in frequency, and now they're coming from other States.

There is a great deal of insight that can be learned from Governor Haley Barbour's exemplary leadership during Hurricane Katrina.

I appreciate Governor Barbour's service and leadership to the State of Mississippi and to the Nation.

Rape as a weapon of policy is completely--has always been completely unacceptable.

It is indeed hard to believe in 2009, there's a necessity for having hearings such as this.

This practice is immoral, unspeakable, inexcusable, and needs to be eradicated. There is no possible military or political justification for its use.

It just seems to me that if you have one set of folks willing to write a big check to get out of this and another country with the best trained sharpshooters in the world ready to take a head shot, it might be a reason for these young…

the status quo is unacceptable to this panel.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

OK. Well, that will be here before we know it. So, thank you very much.

As I understand it, S. 842 has been introduced by Senator Kerry.

I did understand your answer to my question in our private conversation to be, when pressed, that indeed our invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law.

The Federal Government has studied formaldehyde exposure for decades and has already regulated its use and presence in a number of different ways.

Some of these show great promise.

Having an effective solution based on international cooperation is one thing. It seems to me a violation of international law is another thing.

Well, thank you very much.

I don't think there is anyone within the sound of my voice who believes that the United States can act unilaterally without some sort of international agreements and cooperations.

I don't think you want to abolish Mothers Day. I don't think you want to impose sharia law in the United States.

in your opinion, our invasion of Iraq was unlawful internationally?

The people in my home State of Mississippi know a thing or two about textiles.

Thank you for holding this hearing today. This hearing is a part of the necessary debate on the issue of formaldehyde in textiles.

What I discovered is that, as with toys and other consumer products, most apparel items are no longer manufactured in the U.S. and, therefore, are not subject to our manufacture and environmental standards.