Byron Dorgan

We've got to address all of these issues. This will not be a time, going forward, like the time that we've just seen.

I don't believe there's any limitation in our response to attacks.

I think--my reading of the START Treaty is one that does not impose any limitations on our response to attacks.

Did we miss some early-warning flags here on this subcommittee?

Isn't it the case that we have a much more robust activity on the one than we do on the other?

But, isn't it the case that the ballistic missile defense activities have been far more robust than the--any activities to defend against cruise missiles?

We are enormously grateful for the work both of you do on behalf of a lot of people today who got up this morning to face danger on our behalf.

The defense of our great nation against nuclear or some other type of missile attack is a very important mission.

I mean, that's really alarming.

I am enormously troubled by Toyota's response, going back some 7 or 8 years, to this issue of acceleration--unintended acceleration.

Recalling a body of automobiles that has only half the rate of fatalities of unintended acceleration is hardly the answer.

Doesn't that raise real questions about whether the recall is extensive--or as extensive as it should have been?

But, isn't it evident that, if the floor mats are in the trunk because the manufacturer said you ought to put the floor mats in the trunk, and you have sudden acceleration surges with the floor mats in the trunk, there's something else…

Have you done an internal investigation to find out whether this agency has done what it should have done on behalf of the American people?

The amount of money we spend in NHTSA evaluating safety and related issues.

I think there are real credibility problems.

But, Senator Rockefeller asked the important question, as well. If the brakes won't override the accelerator, and you've moved the accelerator to an electronic accelerator, and the brakes don't override, why is the recall not requiring to…

I want to refer to something that Senator Boxer said...

The agency, and the credibility of the agency, because I think it's important.

Not all cars have been made to the same standards.

The Administration supports a program to allow Americans to buy safe and effective drugs from other countries.

We want to get you the funding you need. We want you to succeed.

If Europe can do it, we can do it.

Couldn't we agree that, at least in those circumstances, we could at least do a pretty good job that would assure the American consumer that they are--what they are buying is exactly what everyone else is purchasing, for a fraction of the…

Dr. Hamburg, but in the second paragraph of your letter last December, you talked about, 'Importing non-FDA-approved drugs represents four potential risks.' No one is talking about importing non-FDA-approved drugs.