Making sure we get it right is terribly important.

I can't think of a better person, on a host of these issues, to take them on in this new, important role, than Inez Tenenbaum.

It is, candidly, I think still an embarrassment in this country that this many years after 9/11, we do not have that fully interoperable, full-functioning public safety spectrum across the whole country.

I hope you will continue to also press to make sure that we can work with you to find relief for these families.

I want to add my strong support of Inez.

The only thing I would ask, Inez, is that--a lot of this is taking place in Louisiana and Florida--they have different climate issues, in terms of humidity, than folks we've got in Virginia.

Senator Warner is a big proponent of yours, big supporter of yours, and he wanted to be here to introduce you.

I would like to see some of the upside here.

the status of all of the investments we have made with the TARP program.

We were concerned with the fact that 100 percent pay-off on the counterparties with AIG, no haircut taken.

I think the Chairman has raised a good point about perhaps an ombudsman, some kind of appeals or process so that if you cannot get answers, a Web site alone may not be enough.

As we think about a repayment pattern from the financial institutions that receive TARP funds, we know they want to pay back these dollars.

I have to tell you, folks in my State... would call, and they would then get a basic response that said, 'Well, thanks, but we do not have any of the details ready.'

Well, Mr. Allison, I hope that would be the case. My only hesitancy--and it is one of the reasons why we actually put forward legislation, which I, again, would love to not have the need for--is that we have heard that response from every…

I can tell you, at least, again, in my State, an awful lot of folks think that we have taken these funds and basically either thrown them into the wind or flushed them down the toilet.

I am just afraid that we may have, in a sense, a false sense of progress because there are people in arrears.

I just want to get a little further confirmation on that as well.

I would love to know how many of those offers have been accepted.

I want to follow up on Senator Brownback's comments, and one, echoing my other colleagues' concerns about the real human effects these decisions have had upon your dealer networks and their employees and families across the country.

if I would have ever thought in my business life that I would see a group of Senators trying to micro-manage the workings of American industry like GM and Chrysler, I would have said, 'It never could happen.'

I guess one question I would have is--and I think Senator Nelson is asking the right questions, in terms of finding the analysis, the source, and how bad it is.

this is a national problem, and we expect a solution where all communities affected are going to be taken into consideration.

this is a health disaster, and it is--Mr. Kampf indicated--a financial disaster.

Is there any ability to look at FEMA assistance or other assistance?

It's stunning to me that we have people going in and testing, and having symptoms from going into these homes to do the tests.