is my privilege now to introduce a great friend and a gray color of a leader, senator mark udall.applause] >> is always a treat to be introduced by kennedy, would you agree? [laughter] i want to keep this short and sweet. bloviating is encouraged on the floor of the united states senate. i take part in that on occasion or two but i am not the main event hear bertha want to ignore our great dnc leader, gov. tim kaine whose leadership is so sharp and is quite a contrast to his counterpart at the republican national committee. [applause] in turn, i also want to recognize our wonderful state party chair, pat lawes, whose leadership has been steady [applause] and thoughtful and i think you would agree that is quite a contrast with our counterpart at the republican party here in colorado. i will not get into name calling. today, i will introduce two young man who have given -- i will shout and. i will introduce two young man. i want to emphasize talented who have given a great deal to our party and more importantly the public service for colorado. i could not help but think about a famo

-- senator mark udall. [applause] >> it is always a treat to be introduced by a kennedy. do not you agree? i want to keep it short and sweet. i am not the main event here. i do want to acknowledge our great dnc chair, governor tim kane, whose leadership has been so steady and thoughtful -- tim kaine, whose leadership has been so steady and thoughtful. i also want to recognize our wonderful state party chair whose leadership has also been steady and thoughtful. i think you would agree that is quite a contract with her counterpart at the republican party here in colorado. i'm not one to get into name calling. -- going to get into name calling. i am going to introduce a couple -- two young men -- can you hear the microphone? can you hear it? i will shout. i am going to introduce to young men. i want to emphasize the "young." they have given to public service for colorado. i thought about a famous speech that theodore roosevelt developed -- delivered 100 years ago. he said it is not the critic who counts, not t

mark udall. [applause] andrew romanov, i am not the nominee for the senate. i came to support the man who is. the hon. michael bennett. -- the honorable michael bennett. [applause] >> i want to say a few words in thanks to the thousands of people this supported our campaign, the folks who volunteered and voted for us, thank you from the bottom of my heart for the support you showed. proud of our team and proud to see so many folks standing with us together in this united democratic party today, but not just for my sake and not even for the sake of the democratic party, i am asking you today to throw your support fully and unequivocally behind michael bennett for the united states senate. [applause] i say this not for the sake of the democratic party, because the truth is, the party is a vehicle, all means to an end. the end that we share is a better quality of life, a cleaner and healthier environment, more affordable healthcare, stronger schools, more jobs, those goals which we share would be better advanced by michael bennett then any other candidate in thi

senator udall is next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good morning, to the panel. and, general chiarelli, i want to, in particular, note the attention you've paid to these important issues. i had an opportunity to travel with you to fort carson earlier this year. i know you've immersed yourself in these difficult discussions. and i know we don't have all the answers yet, and that's why we're holding the hearing, in part. and i trust my questions will be received in that spirit, as well. and i want to -- i wasn't here earlier, during the questioning about the anam test. i think you said that, while the army uses it, predeployment, for a baseline, you don't use it post-deployment, not usually, because of the false positives that often result, or result, to some extent of the time. here's my question. by definition, a baseline is supposed to give us something to look back at, in the aftermath, a way to compare. so, if we're not using, what is it, close to 600,000 pre- deployment assessments to compare to the post-deployment assessments, what are we doing with them? wh

thank you, colorado and first of all, let's express how lucky we are to have mark udall as our unitedtates senator. [applause] and i hope you'll join me in thanking bill ritter for his incredible service as governor of the state of colorado. [applause] you know, first of all, it is so nice to see so many familiar faces. i can't wait for the party to start. it was just a week ago that the political pundits and the washington oddsmakers started counting us out of this race. they didn't think we were negative enough. that the way to win was to shout the loudest and angriest, to spend more time talking about our opponent than talking about what we stand for. to the pundits -- [applause] thank you. so to the pundits and the talking heads, i have a simple message -- welcome to colorado. [applause] as all of you know and as most of colorado knows now, this election is the first time my name has ever been on a ballot. and after only 20 months in the senate and on the campaign trail, after traveling over 25,000 miles to all 64 counties, many more than once, many more than 10 and 20 times -- [l

senator udall. >> thank you both of you for focusing in on this issue. would like to put my opening statement in the record and then go directly to questions. of like to cite a few -- i would like to cite a few facts to set the stage. children today are surrounded by synthetic chemicals. two hundred of them are na euro-toxic in adults, yet less than 20% have been tested for neurological toxicity. these are chemicals that the u.s. imports or produces a rate of more than 1 million pounds per year. according to the epa, over 40% of these have not been tested for basic toxicity. i would like to ask both of you, do you think the suspected links between chemical exposure and autism and other neurological disorders show the need for chemical-makers to provide more information and health studies about their products? part of that, yesterday, part of the question, i do not know if you saw the post yesterday, but on the front page was an article about boxes of cereal. kellogg recall shows the u.s. did not know the risk of many chemicals. one of the chemicals highl

. >> senator udall is next. >> good morning to the panel.general, i want to in particular note to the amount of indention you have paid to these issues -- the amount of attention you have paid to these issues. i have had the chance to travel with you. i trust my questions will be received in that spirit as well. there is a question earlier about the test used pre deployment for baseline. you said you do not use a post deployment because of the false positives that often result. here is my question. by definition, a bass line is supposed to give us something to look back at in the aftermath. if we are not using close to 600,000 pre-deployment assessments to compare post- deployment assessments, wire redoing them? why use them at all of their not being used -- why are we doing them? quiet use them at all if they are not being used in a post- deployment situation? >> the baseline is important because it gives the doctor and this additional tool when it concerns are detected post- deployment. we are not doing it is a post- deployment test for ev