I want to thank you for the historical perspective, which is also always very useful.
I think it's been a great hearing. I have been personally confused by what our strategy is right now in Afghanistan.
I think it's been very good, and I agree with Senator Kaufman, one of the best we've had.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I very much appreciate you having this hearing.
Tennessee has demonstrated a tremendous capacity to deal with the problem themselves.
I'm proud to be here with colleagues from across our State.
I know there is a study that has been done. I would say to our witnesses that sometimes we need to be careful what we ask for, OK?
State regulation, it appears to me in some cases, certainly needs to be enhanced.
I know Chuck Schumer and Lindsey Graham have looked at some things.
I think there may be some legislative efforts to deal with that.
If we ended up being out of synch with the rest of the world in areas that made us not competitive...