I think it's reasonable to allow USPS some modest diversification, but once they--if you think about the USPS making a major leap, say, into banking, or a grocery delivery, and other sorts of things like that, it makes no sense, because we…

I think there's a death spiral here. I think that ultimately Congress is going to have to do a major reform.

I think with a privatized post office, Congress could, like most European countries, ... you could fund it.

You need to protect consumers by opening up the USPS to competition, at the same time, giving them the flexibility.

The only way out, in my view, is privatization. And I think, you know, Congress can put this off and put it off. In the end, it's going to happen because it has to to survive, it has to diversify.

It's time to make sure Guard and Reserve surviving families have the same access to the Fry Scholarship as their Active duty counterparts.

His original intent was to include all surviving families.

It does seem to me that you can divide the section 1703 and 1705 projects into two sort of pots.

It certainly wasn't transparent, and I think as this committee has investigated in past hearings, that initially there were not the proper checks and balances in place for a lot of these loans.

I don't think Congress should appropriate any more money for these programs. I think the time for federal subsidies, if there ever was one, has passed.

There are a trillion dollars--trillions of dollars available for private investment.

These projects were going to get built, and when federal subsidies were layered in, it just meant that the investors like Warren Buffett and others earned higher returns than otherwise.

In my view, there should be. These sorts of government investments should be subject to a detailed cost-benefit analysis.

Everyone involved in this effort felt this was a unique opportunity to help our troops, not just at Fort Hood, but throughout the country.

I had hopes that this project would work at a time when troops were still deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. I don't understand why that didn't happen.

There is actually a proposal now, I think by Senator Lee on the Senate side, to reduce the Federal gas tax and Federal spending.

Good morning Chairman Hudson, Ranking Member Richmond, and Members of the subcommittee: I am Charles Edwards, Deputy Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The reason American businesses can operate anywhere, including in rural areas, is because our past investments in transportation infrastructure allow them to get their products to markets around the world.

America is the country it is today because we've been willing to invest in the foundations for growth, innovation and commerce.

We cannot be satisfied with 'failing,' or even 'average,' and we need to improve our grades now.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss DHS' efforts to secure the Nation's industrial control systems.

In June 2008, prior to that TSA was not following the FAR, but after June 2008 they are and instituting and following FAR.

There definitely needs to be a road map that they need to provide that takes into account with the changing in the threats.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss DHS' information technology (IT) issues.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Office of Inspector General's work to address the Department's IT management challenges.