Bob Corker

I am slightly skeptical about our ability to do that.

I think Senator Warner made a very good contribution to that.

Because of what we have done with the Dodd-Frank bill, there are tremendous opportunities in the countries that they represent for out-migration of jobs from our country

I wish to speak for a moment about the Dodd-Frank bill that we are going to vote on apparently tomorrow evening. I wanted to talk a little bit about politics, which is not my specialty, and then a little bit about the substance. I know the…

We are getting ready to pass some legislation in the next 35 minutes.

I have no earthly idea what our objectives are on the civilian front.

I'd like to know, with definition, what our end state is for civilian operations--the very question we asked when we set this hearing up.

I still haven't understood what the administration was saying in the beginning.

I know that there has been concern about prescription drugs and the water supply.

How much effort is there for companies to actually use these, and how does that bump up against all the HIPAA regulations regarding privacy and that kind of thing?

I guess if you are in a State like Tennessee with eight bordering States and each State having its own protocol, that is semi-problematic, right?

Prescription drug misuse in Tennessee is a big issue.

I guess, do we know? I mean, are we doing things necessary to figure out, first of all, if those levels are of concern?

First, I want to tell Mr. Strain that his testimony was very moving.

The vision, especially coming from where I come from, of baseload nuclear energy in the evenings when it is not being utilized as much charging electric batteries is just a vision that excites me.

It excites you. It excites Senator Alexander.

I am struck by the dignity and directness with which you have presented today.

I certainly support the right of Israel to defend itself strongly, like most Americans do, and certainly denounce any kind of terrorist activity that any organization might provide.

So, it's--but--and again, I'm not trying to shift blame--it's not really your responsibility. Y'all do that because you want your industry to be healthy.

But, are there not guidelines that you guys have published, where any retailer that's serious would know that some claim by an entity that's producing a particular product that has the ingredients that it says it has in it, there's no way…

We paid to have these products tested, on behalf of Senator Kohl, to test for things like arsenic, pesticides, and things like that.

So, look--each of us probably, from time to time, take prescriptions also, in addition to the dietary supplements that some of us may take daily, and many Americans do.

Seniors need to be informed about the risks and benefits of dietary supplements.

The retail clerk--I expect that I could probably go get a job at one of these units pretty easily, even with my lack of experience, and would my advocating on behalf of that be based on what's on the label?

So, if I want to make a product that does, whatever, I can make that product and make those claims and put it on the label, and there's no preapproval process as to whether that's valid, or not.