Bob Casey

Some 4,000 rockets into Israel is a disturbing indication of what was taking place there.

If we are seeking to see some curtailment of the threat that Hezbollah poses, the most potent terrorist organization next to al-Qaeda

I wanted to just follow up on that. I want to have each of our witnesses address this question.

If that changed inside Lebanon, I think a lot of the dynamics would change, too.

I think that the Lebanese Government has been--I think that in a perfect world they would not want to do this.

I don't want to create any illusion that this is a force that is going to rid the country of Hezbollah any time very soon.

And I realize that a good bit of this you would have to speak of, or speak about, in a classified setting.

It was a positive signal, I thought, to send that we were serious about the relationship.

I just want to give people a sense of the--a little bit of a sense of the geography.

I would absolutely condition it.

But if Hezbollah media, Hezbollah political organs are so threatened by what we are doing with the ISF, I have to say what we are doing must be pretty good in helping contribute to the national police force.

We are grateful for your presence here, especially the members of both panels.

I hope we'll be hearing more from that.

We face a worsening demographic challenge, as fewer workers support the pension obligations of more and more retirees.

We have been funding the benefits of hundreds of thousands of workers who have never worked for YRCW.

The legislation proposed by Senator Casey on partition--especially if it were modestly amended--is both equitable and economically responsible.

We should, can, and must do better to help Americans prepare for retirement

We commend Senator Casey for his leadership in this matter and his co-sponsors for their support.

We believe that we're headed in the right direction

We are pleased to see the recognition of Senator Casey in allowing plans to survive

Well, I think the numbers back this up.

That's a good example of what we're talking about.

The multiemployer plans to which we have been contributing have suffered significant investment losses.

That gives some background on the nature of what's in the plan.

We really believe that your proposal will both preserve jobs, preserve retirement security, protect those employers, and, in our view, be less expensive, in the long run, to the PBGC, than if we wait for ultimate insolvency.