I am actually trying to help you here, Mr. Shelanski, but, you know, you are wiping your hands of this.
That is not a tenable position, and I can assure you on a bipartisan basis that is going to be the point of view on this committee.
OIRA plays a key role in shaping hundreds of important rules such as those that safeguard food supply.
I have been a corporate officer in the private sector. I have been the chief elected officer in the public sector.
Well, I think one of the purposes of our hearing here is to try to understand what happened.
In my community yesterday, we buried a young police officer. She was 90 minutes on the job, first day.
This begs the question, why do our gun control policies allow for the purchase of a weapon designed for maximum destruction?
Unfortunately, the answer is pretty ugly.
I take my friend from California's point. His concern, I think, is that we not dilute something, with the best of intentions.
I mean, my friend from California says well, the Kurds aren't subject to genocide. Well, what if they are tomorrow?
I think it's one of the most successful things U.S. foreign diplomacy has done in a long time.