On his Defense Budget Recommendation Statement on 6 April 2009, Secretary Gates described these decisions as the product of 'a holistic assessment of capabilities, requirements, risks and needs for the purpose of shifting the department in…

I hope that the Department will move quickly on both those programs.

I am hoping that we can perhaps figure out a way to expedite this EIS process.

I believe it's reasonable to assess that the precise requirements for land forces will continue to evolve.

Thank you all very much. I appreciated very much your testimony and your very candid observations.

I'm concerned that the future will be more uncertain and more unstable.

Thank you all very much for your testimony.

I think this is an important hearing.

None of these decisions are going to be easy.

Gentlemen, the Army maintains sets of prepositioned stocks of combat support vehicles for contingency use.

transforming our Nation's current air traffic control system is absolutely critical if we are to improve safety and plan for the anticipated growth in the amount of flights

to make NextGen a reality is going to take a considerable amount of time and money, both from the Federal Government and from the users

how much longer can we wait to fully embrace NextGen technologies, both in terms of safety and handling the air traffic volume

Those are statements and suggestions that I find unacceptable, and I look forward to hearing more from you on making sure that the census is an open and independent process.

We do have an exciting project in Selby, South Dakota. Basin Electric has proposed a 700-megawatt pulverized coal power plant with post-combustion carbon capture and sequestration and Powerspan's technology may prove instrumental in making…

That would be a role that we could play, Mr. Chairman, in this process.

As policymakers we certainly want to be in a position where we're making decisions that are based upon the very best science and the very best data.

A lot of proposals to cap and/or reduce carbon emissions are going to have a significant cost to our economy and going to impact individuals' lives every day.

Thank you for holding the hearing. Thank you to our witnesses today for their insightful testimony.

As you perhaps know, last year the Senate passed a Senate resolution by a vote of 94 to 3 expressing the Senate's view that detainees at Guantanamo should not be transferred stateside into facilities in American communities and…

It's important that consumer protection laws are in force as intended by the Congress.

I think it's important that consumers be aware of the protections that are afforded them under the law.

I guess the only suggestion I would make is that there are, it is not like if you're on the list you fall off the list because you've fallen into the bad actor category or you're doing something that is fraudulent out there.

But that there are things based upon industry input that say these are good actors and these are the things that good actors do.

Everyone feels the effects of the recession.