Charles E. Schumer

But my general question is rather than say...

Isn't training on the job the best training? It's been shown over and over again that employers who hire somebody and then train somebody, that's what really advances work more than--we've had lots of job training programs, I've supported…

Thank you. I want to thank all of our witnesses. We had a multiplicity of viewpoints here, and everyone got to their points. It was great.

Perhaps we can make them deductible.

The Committee is going to request that you do so, and you can get us an answer, either with numbers or saying you can't do it, until you have the following data.

Thank you, Director Orszag. I would ask--I don't know if we need to send a letter to CBO, but following up on Senator Webb's question--I have the same one--is it possible now for you to do an analysis of some of the later years, in terms…

It's not the fault of George Bush or anybody else. He's doing nothing to help it, but it's not his fault.

Thank you, Director Orszag. As usual, your testimony is to the point, succinct, and focused on the questions we are facing.

I'd be remiss if I didn't ask you to comment on the most recent economic news.

Today we're at a critical juncture in America.

We've set records already in what we've raised. We've raised more as of now than we raised in all of the last cycle.

The department has recommended establishing an interest rate cap of 36 percent for service members and their families.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the good work you have done with the Military Personnel Financial Services Protection act which we passed in June, and that did a good job about abusive sales practices.

These loans as high as 800 percent, just absolutely disgusting, ripping off service men and women and their families.

We may be at loggerheads on certain things outside the Capitol, but we can work well together inside the Capitol.

Supporting our service members means more than providing the equipment and training necessary for fighting the War on Terror, Mr. Chairman.

With my support, the Senate approved an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2007 defense authorization sponsored by Senator Jim Talent to enact a 36 percent annual interest rate cap on abusive loans to service members.

As a Senator representing more than 115,000 North Carolina-based service members and as a member of both this committee and the Senate Armed Services Committee, this issue is one of my top priorities.

George Bush and his acolyte, Mike DeWine, just care about the people at the very, very top.

That's not the kind of person you consider an ally.

Someone has to be held accountable for the leak itself. Not just for perjury. Whether it's Vice President Cheney, 'Scooter' Libby or anyone else in the administration.

You combine the previous record and actions of Spicer and this video, and it just cries out for real investigation.

AEGIS has had at best a checkered past. And if we want to show our best face to the Iraqis, hiring a company with a record that is hardly exemplary.

Somehow this administration thinks that Georgia peanut farmers are more at risk than the Empire State Building. Something is dramatically wrong.

The bottom line is very simple. This president believes what's good for ExxonMobil is good for America.