Thank you, Senator Dodd, for holding this hearing today.

I hope Congress is going to act before November 30 to continue the extended unemployment benefits that are a lifeline for such a huge number of people.

thank you for your invitation to testify today on the critical issue of impeding the flow of ammonium nitrate in South Asia.

No one has done more to represent children.

Investing in children and people makes sound business sense and will produce substantial savings.

I hope we can continue to both monitor and push hard on that as best we can.

The strategic dialogue here in the United States... is critically important to continue that dialogue.

In the absence of any legislative change in Pakistan, are there ways right now that the border security, border interdiction, could be beefed up on the Afghan side?

In light of the floods or because of the floods, was there any diminution in the productive capacity of that plant?

The one concern that we all have is that there must be a sense of urgency, and it has to be a sense of urgency within and throughout several countries, including our own.

It seems to me they're moving in a direction to try to put more stringent requirements on the industry where there appears to be problems.

By collecting this information, you have placed the emphasis on facts and hard data and I think that's extremely important.

I think it would be very helpful for us in terms of guidance, because we don't want at the end of these hearings and this debate not to have asked your help.

When we're approaching this topic--and there's a heated debate here, there's no question about that.

As Senators, we're held accountable by the people back in our home States who pay taxes.

The second group of Americans we're deeply concerned about here are students, what result do they get, what happened to them along the way.

I disagree with those who would suggest that you or any other Senator is attempting to take down an industry.

Congressional committees must provide oversight to ensure that tax dollars are spent lawfully, efficiently and effectively.

We need to look very closely at how the executive branch--in this case the Department of Education--is spending taxpayers' money.

We're looking after the taxpayer here and that's what my friends on the other side who aren't here should read.

to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent effectively on educating the students attending for-profit schools.

This is about taxpayers and it's about students.

I think we've got to keep our eye on the two most important groups, at least in my judgment. No. 1 are taxpayers and No. 2 are students.

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