Arlen Specter: “We are obviously concerned about what happened here, but we are also very concerned about what the practices are by the…”

The reason we serve is to ensure that our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.

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.

The priority was to protect the family at all costs.

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