Bob Casey

So if there's no consequences, we're going to be back here a year from now with the same discussion.

I have a high degree of skepticism when a report like this gets attacked.

Thanks. We will submit some more questions for the record, but I do want to thank Chairman Dodd for this opportunity.

The first recommendation they made to improve the number of 25- to 34-year-olds who have an associates degree or higher--recommendation No. 1 was to make preschool education available to all.

Can we consult you, though, for free?

The substance of your testimony today individually and cumulatively is very helpful because too often what happens in Washington is that you have a lot of bills...

Because of your hard work in the passage of the act, there are several deliverables on national strategies that I think you will be very proud of.

Though children make up a quarter of our population, out of every dollar spent by the Federal Government, less than a dime goes to children.

We are especially grateful he called this series of hearings to examine a set of issues that candidly, even in the party I am a member of, we do not spend enough time on.

Well, I know in our discussions yesterday, Senator Dodd and Senator Harkin and I were wrestling with, among others, these kinds of questions.

As we chart our way out of the recession, it is essential that we reassess our priorities as they relate to children.

Few, if any, of U.S. Senators in the last 50 years have done more, have labored longer in the vineyard of helping children and standing up for their rights... than Senator Chris Dodd.

One is children's health insurance. Two is early learning. Three is nutrition and anti-hunger strategies, and fourth is just basic safety.

I was complaining about President Bush's language as it relates to our objectives in Iraq.

That's another example of what we need to improve on?

I didn't ask these people to come to my neighborhood, and it was just like they just could do what they wanted.

I wanted to go back as well to get a better sense of the--and I ask this question for all of our witnesses.

That speaks to the main issue we're talking about here today, which is how we respond on behalf of an incident.

The smell, it makes you absolutely sick. It's like having a can of gasoline inside of your car and sitting in it.

When we assess what happened in Clearfield County, it's as if it was an example that was one you could develop in a training class where you would say here are the things that could go wrong and what you have to do to prevent it.

I know you spent part of your testimony talking about risk assessment, which is obviously of critical importance.

It's always difficult to give testimony on a subject that's part of your daily life.

I would like to see that these wells are not placed near people's homes and these impoundments.

I wanted to go back a moment to some of the core elements of what makes a good safety regimen that provide that kind of assurance.

Well, we look forward to the final report. I know so many families in southwestern Pennsylvania will be anxious to read that report.