"I just don't want to see us, by default, allow the economic forces to define what the Postal Service will look like in the future."
"Should there be some concern that, with the best of intentions, some of the cost-cutting measures being contemplated or undertaken could prove to be counterproductive?"
"I may be a freshman but the light has stayed on red."
"I will never forget on a trip to Darfur meeting with a Major Ajumbo who was with the AU, he was also in the Balkans, and he said our rules of engagements here are very similar in terms of protection a..."
"Jane Holl Lute, who is now back in the administration, was the U.N. Assistant Secretary General for mission support, she was outraged as were others in the U.N."
"We will not sit idly by until the blue helmet is restored."
"For 61 years, they have served our interest, and you have laid it out pretty well in your testimony all the various aspects of that."
"There is much to be done to strengthen U.N. peacekeeping, and that has been, as you know, the theme we have been discussing and its various aspects most of the morning."
"We need to match supply with demand, and we have talked about that as well today."
"This is the Nation's Capital. It's arguably been called the capital of the free world. And the Federal Government has some responsibility, beyond the initial construction costs, to help make sure that..."
"And is it also true, to your knowledge, that there is no Federal standard in terms of crashworthiness and safety of passengers on transit systems; there is for rail systems like Amtrak, but there is n..."
"This is an issue that has come out of the regional delegation's examination of the tragedy of June 22nd, this anomaly in Federal regulation where we do regulate for hard railcars on railroad systems, ..."