I think I heard Mr. Mead say that the foreign repair stations, some of them are not inspected at all; is that correct?

The Administration's position on the FSC/ETI issue is a job killer for my home State of Washington and the Nation...

Unfortunately, it has not been clear what, if anything, the Bush Administration wants to do to address the crisis in our aviation industry.

Certainly the Administration would have sympathy for that.

The Administration's supplemental budget request included absolutely nothing for our airlines, our airports, or our aviation workers.

Can you assure this subcommittee that U.S. funds will not be used to honor business deals negotiated by Saddam Hussein's regime?

I am concerned about the President's plan to spend $100 million to target low-income families and possibly deny them this critical tax credit.

I would just say that I think there is a real concern that we are not hiring those fast enough to meet that 3-year requirement.

I think the President made an excellent choice in asking that she be appointed as the permanent Administrator of that agency.

But shouldn't we wait until we get a more accurate estimate of what occurred with the 2001 tax act before implementing this kind of regime that could cause a lot of disruption among many taxpayers?

I was not actually asking about your rationale. I was asking, because you are sending 45,000 questionnaires out...