Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I'll be, try to be brief here.

this has been a real conundrum, or, a very difficult problem to solve, and it's a real problem, and it's just been hard.

What about any of the drywall that may have been imported in 2006----

I don't know--Senator Rubio and his state has been very effective on this.

some companies have settled and they usually do not do that unless they know they are going to be found guilty

Can you get me some--I'd like to get some documentation on that.

Yet there are companies out there settling suits on, legal suits on this issue. So, companies don't settle unless they feel like at the end of the day they're going to be found guilty.

if they're going to do business in this country, they meet minimum fair business practices.

I've been involved in politics, government for 20 years.

Thank you for continuing to work on behalf of thousands or residents like us who have lost their homes due to Chinese Drywall.

Would you allow your family to live in one of these homes?

What are we doing to protect American families from this toxic product?

Nothing happens to right this wrong that has been done to their family.

I think the most telling part of your comments was that you wouldn't let your own family live in one of these homes.

the defective drywall problem as a 'Silent Hurricane.'

we've tried to work with the financing organizations on how we can ease the pain a bit.

why do you buy homeowners insurance in the first place?

it seems to me we've got a couple of different paths we need to continue to pursue.

I would like to ask for the attention of my colleagues on two amendments that I have filed to S. 1867, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012. Each of these amendments relates to the Navy's proposal to build a new nuclear pier…

What can we do to put these folks back to work? What kind of hope, what kind of positive message?

To me there is nothing more basic that drives this economy than energy.

Our Governor has made it a clear statement on his mind that he wants to make Virginia the energy capital of the East Coast.

79 percent of those respondents from Virginia were in favor of developing our offshore resources.

We recognize that we need to diversify our economy and need to diversify our economy in a rapid way if we are going to be able to continue to move Virginia forward.

I think you make a very, very good point that we need to move back from $729,000 to $625,000.