Bob Casey

We have to have a game plan and stick to it...

The refocusing of our economic assistance specifically so that we get not only the results within country...

We need to continue to make certain we have a strategy that actually reaches and speaks to the people of Pakistan.

The truth is, even before bin Laden's death, our relationship with Pakistan has been strained recently, even fragile.

We can play a role in promoting stability and prosperity, but we have to, in doing that, appreciate how deep anti-American sentiments run.

The real conflict is not between the United States and Pakistan but within Pakistan itself.

We need to be sensitive to both sides of this story.

I view this as a simple matter of citizens having a right to know about any risks in their community.

The people shall have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and aesthetic values of the environment.

I know is proposing legislation called the FRAC Act that would go beyond public disclosure of chemical additives and give the EPA direct regulatory authority over hydraulic fracturing for the first time in our Nation's history.

It is a directive, a constitutional directive.

There is no reason that we should be forced to choose among adequate environmental protection, energy security, and economic gain.

In our State, we went through most of the 19th century and roughly about half of the 20th century not getting it right as it relates to the extraction of a natural resource, in this case coal, and balancing that with environmental…

We are trying to close the loophole that is in the law as it stands now.

I think we can get this right.

Thanks very much. Unless Vice Chairman-designate Brady, or Members have any other questions, I think we are adjourned.

Technically the Recession ended when?

So 15.5 percent unemployment for African Americans. For Hispanic workers, the rate is 11.3? Is that correct?

I think steady growth of three months does put you into another--you get a real picture, I think, of where you are.

Since February 2010, we have created about a million and a half jobs.

So I think we have got to pay particular attention to those veterans coming back from overseas. That is intolerably too high, 10.9.

Obviously I think we would prefer if it were 250,000 a month rather than 200,000, or even higher than that.

This is a very high unemployment rate.

As President Bush was leaving office in the early part of 2009, President Obama is coming into office...

Our ultimate goal, not through the military exercise, but our ultimate goal is to see Qadhafi leave?