the president and i both believe that bothharding has the experience and perspective to carry out the mission of this agency. if there were ever a nominee who wanted expedition and consideration and the senate, this is it. we hope commerce and homeland security departments will be able to work expeditiously to complete their hearing process so that his nomination may move to the floor for company -- confirmation. i applaud the president. this is a superb choice. i look forward to swift senate confirmation and a look forward to having a ball on board at tsa. thank you, all. >> [unintelligible] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >>, this morning the food and drug administration head will testify about her for billion dollar budget request and efforts to regulate prescription drugs, medical devices and safety. live coverage of the senate appropriations subcommittee hearing begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern time here on c-span. >> this weekend, tv is heading west from live coverage from the tucson meeting on books. s