Mark Warner

I want to continue a little bit on the line of my colleague from Nebraska on the 'too big to fail' component.

We look at size, we look at complexity. Another approach which I have been thinking about for some time...

I mean, we would be thrilled if we could get to the legal status that it is still a savings and loan holding company.

I would just urge you to perhaps revisit with your legal staffs this tool because, as we have seen, it is not healthy for the public's confidence in the overall financial system when we see the kind of excesses and everybody saying we do…

But the Government--again, I know you would know the law better than I, but I thought the Government has not taken full ownership...

Absolutely. Very valid----

I think that the USTR has sort of conflicting missions, negotiating trade agreements and then having to enforce them.

I just think that is so important in this day and age when we are losing jobs to make sure that we are dealing with a level playing field when it comes to trade enforcement.

I had the opportunity to serve with Governor Locke during my tenure as Governor.

We have to really focus on jobs.

I certainly want to applaud your nomination, and I appreciate the productive meeting that we had recently on so many issues.

I think we have to maximize that potential, become singularly focused in coordinating that under one person that reports to you.

I think we are all very excited about the opportunity to continue to roll out broadband.

It seems a little crazy that they had to go through this additional step to try to benefit from this program.

The constitutional authority to deal with international trading partners in the E.U. or other parts of the world really lies with the Federal Government

I want to go back to where Senator Corker was heading in trying to understand--I think I have got the frame of the challenge between the State versus the Federal regulation framing.

I think, at least in recent press reports, we are still waiting for the Treasury to give some guidance in this area.

But that again presupposes that you at the State level are going to better be able to assess that national or international reinsurer's ability to pay off that risk than a Federal regulator, doesn't it?

I will be anxious to see it, but it would still seem to me that, at least in this area on reinsurance, because of the national and international nature of reinsurance, that a national standard amongst States.

I think that there has been, while well-intentioned things like EnergyStar and lead certification, but the thinking has not been broad enough, expansive enough.

There has not been a cross-brand, you know, really professionally-driven non-governmental approach to this and I think it's a wonderful opportunity.

I'd like you to comment generally about the approach we're taking which seems to be still putting a lot of the eggs in that single beta site example.

I think you raised a very valid point with Mr. Alix, which is if we're on the cusp of an influction point, why don't the traditional incumbent industries get it?

We need something to make this user-friendly.

I would strongly urge--and I for one think in the area of Appalachia that basically developed coal, that powered our economy in the 20th Century, sure would be great if we had a couple of demonstration projects on how we're to be able to…