Arlen Specter: “We are onerous and ominous.”

Well, you are the Senate. You decide how to proceed.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.

We are trying to make sure that we have maximum impact in the places that could use the money the most.