The requests made by this particular vocal minority seek only to preserve the system of checks and balances embodied in the Constitution.

Our pursuit of better consumer protections should not require us to compromise our basic Constitutional values.

No one person should have so much unfettered power over the American people.

Government needs to get out of the way. It needs to end its job-killing rhetoric, regulations, and intervention.

America deserves a strong, growing economy that fully employs our people and is the envy of the world.

I ask the Administration to immediately investigate these entities and report back to Congress on whether they should be sanctioned under CISADA.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I would argue that this is a microcosm of exactly why we are in the spot that we are in right now with very large deficits and a very significant budgetary problem.

I couldn't support this legislation, but it is certainly my hope that we can work together and get to a place where I can support it.

I believe our legislation represents a reasonable, strong, smart, and lasting approach for dealing roadway and automobile safety concerns.

I'm concerned about the increased costs that are associated with some of the new mandates on the event data recorders.

It is my understanding that currently the agency has about $472 million in unobligated funds on hand.

There is a concern that with the release of the data... it would hamper or drive the agency's defect investigation agenda.

But getting back to the 321, though, I'm not sure if I understand completely, but am I--would I be correct to understand that these funds are committed?

I, along with Senator Rockefeller, have introduced the Motor Vehicle and Highway Safety Improvement Act of 2011 or, Mariah's Law.

This law was named for the family of the high school student, Mariah West, from Rogers, Arkansas, who was killed in 2009.

the number of additional fatalities as a result of the previously established CAFE standards could be 2,500.

I guess my first question is, do I have those numbers right, approximately?

I think there is mounting and very solid evidence that the weight productions that are effectively mandated by these CAFE standards result in increased fatalities.

That can be very disruptive for the ability of the end user to hedge risks and, therefore, very problematic.

I hope we will keep in mind what seems to me an absence of empirical evidence that suggests that a floating NAV would solve a problem here and the fact that very substantial measures have already been taken.

If we do have global uniformity, then that obviates the need for extraterritoriality in our regulations in the first place.

I really want to give you all the credit I can for raising this very, very important issue.

This is about economic growth and job creation.

It is not very useful to investors to have the reams of data about Sarbanes-Oxley for a firm that has no revenue yet.