NASA Glenn in my State and the Plum Brook station are unique and a powerful resource for our State.

We are not Uncle Sugar anymore. We are in a little different position.

I just think there are too many positions that we are having to confirm.

The more certainty the new Administration can have, the more certainty that the Federal agencies can have, the better the Federal Government is going to work.

You are going to have to do a big job--

I think that it is important that you do a better job of clarifying just exactly what it is that you are trying to get done.

There is a lot of feeling in the country that we are going to have to rely upon the Russians to get up to the International Space Station.

I am laughing because when the Bush Administration took over, I was pushing them to really look back at the transition and say what mistakes were made.

Senator Voinovich and I have also advocated for quickly filling management positions across the government.

The other one, of course, that Senator Akaka and I are trying to work on is this whole issue of security clearance.

Well, I have spent my last year looking at the operation of the Senate and even the government is dysfunctional.