The percentage of US cattle selected for testing is very limited at less than 1 percent. How can the government ensure that the imported beef products did not come from cows that might not have yet shown symptoms of the disease?

The company has been fined by the Council of Labor for its wrongdoing. Now why has it dared to do this without hesitation?

Transitions are a time of testing, and both sides will have something to prove -- the NATO forces to show they are tough, their opponents to show they won't run. There will be more troops and more targets. It will be a pretty messy summer.

We learned in 2003 that the federal government was headed towards researching, funding, developing and testing new nuclear weapons. I am the only member of the Utah delegation to oppose those efforts. The intent is clear - research, develop and test new nuclear weapons and each step along the way moves us toward new nuclear weapons testing.

The issue is being seen as a testing case for the government's ability ... That is the way the government sees this and the bill needs to be passed by whatever means.

Random testing was resisted by our government for a long time and for similar reasons it may have been resisted in Europe.