Well, is it possible, I would ask both my colleagues, that the process the House is using--and by the way, this deeming the bill passed seems to be a very curious way of trying to pass legislation of this consequence, which literally…

we have to, I think, be very concerned about readiness, combat effectiveness, cohesion, recruitment, retention.

I think it is an important one point. I hear articulated by our colleagues on the other side the whole process by which the House is acting on this legislation. I served for three terms in the House of Representatives. I still have…

The reason the American people have rejected this legislation is because they understand the substance of it. As the Senator pointed out, it has tax increases, Medicare cuts, and premium increases for most Americans. They figured that out…

Well, I would say to my friend from Utah, it is interesting how the semantics and terminology changes in Washington depending upon what point you are trying to make. But many of our colleagues who have weighed in heavily against the use of…

I think they have figured it out, which is why the last survey I quoted was the CNN survey which said 48 percent of the people want us to start over and 25 percent want Congress to quit working on the issue altogether. That is literally…

That is what the author of reconciliation said a year ago about trying to do health care reform through this process that the majority has decided to use. There are lots of other examples of our colleagues in the Senate on the other side…

Obviously, you have a public interest requirement that you have to look into, and I am trying to get at the issue with respect to this merger how the FCC might define the public interest standard.

This is an important subject and one that we obviously want answers on.

I also understand that the marines at Camp Lejeune have been unable to obtain the EMMA TRICARE benefit for Wounded Warriors

I think there's a lot of uncertainty out there right now, with the State DOTs and highway programs, about what the funding levels are going to be, and I would like to see us get to work on a highway bill this year.

I think that a longer term is better than these short, you know, month-to-month type extensions that we've been dealing with here lately.

I would--the only thing I would say--and, Mr. Chairman, I think this is one of those issues that really ought to--it would be more appropriately considered, by this committee, as part of an authorizing bill.

yesterday, one of my colleagues criticized me for trying to redirect unspent stimulus funding to pay for tax relief for small businesses by citing all the jobs the stimulus bill supposedly created. I, as many people do, have my doubts…

I think the questions that need to be answered are, When was the problem first identified? Was Toyota too slow to react?

as we all know, our economy is suffering. We have an unemployment rate that is currently at 9.7 percent. Furthermore, we have large portions of the population that are either underemployed or have dropped out of the workforce because of…

On the 1-year anniversary of this very tragic crash, we continue to try and get answers, and continue to try and come up with policies that we think make sense and that will prevent anything like this from ever happening in the future.

It just seems like the example of a pilot who lives in Hawaii and operates out of Florida--it--just as a practical matter.

And there was a recent GAO report that states that cyber attacks could cost our economy $100 billion annually in the near future.

I'm just trying to think about what our role is, in terms of a worldwide problem.

I think we have to remember that we're under constant attack. Our critical infrastructure and the Internet backbone of our economy remain extremely vulnerable to these cyber attacks.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding today's hearing on a very important and oftentimes overlooked subject, cybersecurity, which, as we've heard, has great consequence for our security and our…

And there are multiple government agencies that deal with, and have some role in preventing, cyber attacks.

Had I been present for these votes, I would have voted to confirm Mr. Greenaway to the Third Circuit, and would have voted against cloture on the nomination of Craig Becker because of my concerns that, based on his previous statements, he…

As part of the PAA to European missile defense, my understanding is the administration is now seeking to establish a ground-based SM-3 missile defense site in Romania by 2015.