Deborah Koff Ross

I don't think he built it around the private health market because I want to make sure we understand.

One last thing. You indicate that the USPS finds itself in a predicament that is primarily the result of one flawed statute that enables the Congress of the United States to micromanage what should be a business decision.

If we had just let them pay--if we let the employees of the Postal Service pay what the Federal employees were paying.

I think he has done an outstanding job in recognizing the problems and realizing that something has to be done.

It is such a sweetheart deal that it is almost killing the goose that is laying the golden egg.

Under the Numeric Nutrient Water Criteria, estimated impacts on Florida alone--Florida citrus would have a capital cost for compliance of $325 million.

Even the insurance industry has complemented that well and market forces, market factors also enter into play.

Congressmen Ben Quayle, Dennis Ross and Howard Coble have introduced H.R. 3862 "Sunshine for Regulatees and Settlements Act of 2012"

I think regulations have a limited role especially when it comes to protecting consumers.

Wouldn't you say that is a mistake?

So you would be willing to bet, then, that these instances will not happen again, the Solyndras, the Antelope Valley Solar Ranches, the excessiveness in the weatherization program that have proved to be, as you have seen in the slides…

The Energy Department may be well-intentioned, but has absolutely destroyed a part of the investment industry.

The American people deserve to know how could we have been so careless and so casual with billions of taxpayer dollars?

We hope that as their Secretary, this was not at your urging.

This is an issue that must be addressed. It has been debated. It has lingered, and no action has been taken.

We know that clean water is important not only to our health and livelihoods, but also to our business and to the commerce of our State.

I have a hard time believing that.

I want to make sure I understand your testimony today and the facts as well.

Do you support these recommendations made by the Simpson-Bowles Commission and why, or why not?

Management by intimidation may have some short-term goals, but some long-term effects, that are very adverse.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.

You should do that, shouldn't you?

My concern, to allude to what Mr. Lynch talked about, we may be having many hearings on this unless there seems to be some indication that there is going to be resolution of this problem.

Americans have a right to know that the money Washington takes from them is well spent.