Bob Casey

As we developed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009, I sought to include provisions that would ensure the United States has... a comprehensive strategy to eliminate terrorist threats.

Thank you very much, Chairman Kohl.

Maybe just one. I wanted to get a sense from those who have a more complete understanding than I do about what are the barriers to making this an effective national policy?

Thank you very much.

Sometimes the Federal Government does too much. We try to have one program, one-size-fits-all, too prescriptive.

I want to thank you, first of all, for your leadership on this issue and for convening this hearing because every day of the week, both Chairman Kohl and Senator Corker and I know that we can have hearings on lots of subjects, and they are…

But we need that statutory authority in order to do that.

Well, thank you. I hope I can be there. I will check with the schedulers. We always love being in your great hometown.

I think that education part of this is vitally important because this is not a problem that you see on the front page every day, as you all know.

The folks who are producing the milk and the cheese and the cream and the butter get their fair share of the value

I remember early in my time in the Senate way back in 2007, on a very, very cold day going to Wayne County, Pennsylvania.

It is a painful memory that will not leave me as long as I am in this job

You understand this issue, the challenge that dairy farm families face with regard to the cost of production being so difficult.

It has got to be a more comprehensive approach than this sort of ad hoc, band-aid approach that we have had

But in the face of that, we have taken action.

I want to commend the work Senator Baucus is doing on a whole host of fronts, including the challenge of the deficit.

We owe these Americans our gratitude and our help.

The legislation does not create any new categories of beneficiaries.

I am a proud cosponsor of Senator Gillibrand's legislation, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009.

Senator Gillibrand's legislation would provide stable long-term medical care for people who have become ill as a result of their exposures following the WTC terrorist attacks in 2001.

How have the 9/11 World Trade Center programs in existence helped to track, and provide care for, children and youth who were affected that day?

September 11, 2001, was a day of horror and tragedy for America.

The President has set the goal of the United States leading the world in college graduates by the year 2020.

These institutions should be held accountable, but we must be careful not to limit the choices available to students.

Unfortunately, higher education today is an expensive endeavor that too many students struggle to afford.