Thad Cochran

What is the current level of funding, do you recall?

Mr. Chairman, thank you for your leadership in providing sensitive and meaningful assistance to families.

The funding level approved by the Senate was within the funding level requested by the administration.

I hope you can give the subcommittee your assessment of the timing of when the fiscal year 2010 supplemental appropriations will be needed to support combat operations.

I think it is interesting to observe that the Minerva Initiative was established by Secretary Gates I think with the realization that a better understanding of extremist ideologies in the world today need the attention of the Department of…

I hope this subcommittee can respond in a way that shows our concern and support for their efforts and their unselfish service.

The delays that are being observed in establishing a new government affect the drawdown of U.S. forces?

I think malaria is one of those diseases that worldwide is probably the most aggressive and probably causes more deaths and illnesses than any other one malady.

One of the reasons I understand for this is the determination that there is an important need in maintaining a national ship building capability.

I want to be on the record as seconding the motion and the suggestion that you've just made.

Providing for the Nation's defense is an important and basic responsibility, and a functional, capable missile defense system is a key component of our national defense strategy.

The only way I have ever seen it come close to success is to reach that sort of strategic partnership

We look forward to working with them to identify ways we can make sure that the Guard and Reserve programs are funded at appropriate levels.

We appreciate their sacrifice and their service and their leadership in helping ensure that, here at home and around the world, our servicemen and women get the best medical care available.

Well, we appreciate that. And it's very impressive to contemplate the amount of work and effort that went into this.

I'm certain that the witnesses here today agree that, without this additional funding, our Reserve components would be woefully equipped.

Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, and we have been working and I know you have too in coastal restoration.

We hope we can continue to support that, the maintenance of it, and make sure it is a place that is attractive to the visiting public.

Due to the consequences and implications of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Integrated Risk Information System assessment of inorganic arsenic on drinking water, agriculture practices, and the perceived safety of the food…

Over the past 20 years, more than $4 out of every $5 appropriated by Congress to the Disaster Relief fund have been provided through supplemental appropriations bills.

I was pleased with the rulemaking your Department issued in January of this year that outlines how hurricane victims can seek forgiveness of community disaster loans.

Mr. Chairman, I am pleased to join you in welcoming the distinguished Secretary of Homeland Security to this hearing to review the budget request for the Department for fiscal year 2011.

I congratulate you on your leadership and applaud your effort to procure and deploy advanced imaging technologies to screen passengers at our airports.

I think one of the ways the Coast Guard has been looking at taking up some slack is using unmanned aerial systems.

I think I am compelled to point out that our State and Louisiana too, well represented here on the subcommittee, are going to continue to need funds to rebuild and recover from the devastating effects of that hurricane, the most…