The other issue I wanted to mention--I think Senator Johanns touched on it--is the issue which came into play on Flight 3407.

I guess I'm just suggesting that there is a point at which quantity does matter where you have enough experience and enough hours operating some of these aircraft.

The Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act would rededicate the existing District of Columbia War Memorial as the National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial.

It is a great honor to be able to be here today, in the presence of the lone survivor of that great conflict.

For far too long, the sacrifices of American World War I veterans have gone unrecognized on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

I think it's fitting that all the great wars of the 20th century have their place on the National Mall.

This legislation would rededicate the District of Columbia memorial as the 'National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial.'

Our interest in this piece of this at this Committee, of course, is CFTC, and with regard to the markets, I represent agricultural producers.

I hope so. That is one of the questions I get probably more than anything else from constituents that I represent, is this issue of too big to fail.

Last night, the President said that we will support efforts by the Afghan Government to open the door to those Taliban who abandon violence.

Corn farmers, soybean farmers, all want to manage their risk, and what they need to know is that they are going to have markets that are fair, transparent, effective, not manipulated by speculators.

I think the reason that the President and Members of Congress on both sides and the American people are willing to commit to this mission, to this effort, is because they have such a high level of confidence in your leadership.

It seems to me, at least, that, you know, when you start sort of veering into these other areas, and people now are describing the TARP program as a political slush fund, and taxpayers are--they did not like it in the first place. They…

The Obama administration will make every effort to conclude the Treaty before the expiration of the START Treaty in December 2009.

We hope that the Senate will promptly ratify a START Follow-on Treaty.

I think the whole focus of this debate has got to be how do we figure out the right way, the balanced way to constrain some of the risk.

It is clear that the ground-based missile defense system and the U.S. missile defense system proposed for Europe require challenging and realistic testing before Congress and the Administration can determine if those systems can be…

I think we need to understand the scope of the impact that that kind of a treaty could have on our defense and U.S. defense programs.

I want to compliment you on the good judgment you exercised during the BRAC process.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding today's hearing on the important highway safety issue of Distracted Driving.

Let me begin by commending Secretary LaHood for holding the recent summit on distracted driving.

But accident statistics show it is time to stop multi-tasking and time to give complete attention to our driving.

I was alarmed by the treatment that a number of veterans from South Dakota received when they traveled to our Nation's capital.

I would appreciate any steps you can take to make sure that that situation doesn't happen again.

We've done, I think, a good job of that.