U.S. State Attorneys General

It's our intention that the power go back to the local governments.

There is no question that replacing No Child Left Behind was an important achievement, one that will improve K-12 education for students and families.

The new law repeals onerous federal requirements and ensures important decisions affecting education--like standards, accountability, and school improvement--are made by state and local leaders, not Washington bureaucrats.

Congress promised to restore State and local control over K-12 education, and now it's our job to ensure that promise is kept.

The largest devolution of power to the States in a quarter-century

In my view, this is what democracy looks like.

Race matters when it comes to how people experience our economy.

Well, I -- as someone who has argued these very same issues in various courts of appeals through the country, I see this as a very weak decision.

I think it is politically feasible, and 2019 would be the target date, I would think.

The stability in the Asia-Pacific area is hugely important. And the U.S. role in being a part of creating the stability is critical.

That would be great.

I am a very strong supporter of the SBIR and the STTR Programs, and, in fact, I had introduced legislation to provide more funds and permanence for these programs when I was a member of the House.

I am a supporter of the ORS office, especially in the area of developing smaller, cheaper systems.

I believe this committee has made clear that we do not want to continue to rely on these Russian-made engines.

We need to dramatically improve DOD and IC collaboration and cooperation to improve effectiveness to counter the threats.

The Department of Defense (DOD) and the Intelligence Community (IC) have always worked together and cooperated on space.

The rebalance to the Asia-Pacific is a top priority of the Nation and our projected strength in the region aids in deterrence, protects our country, and reassures our allies.

The Eagle Vision system is incredibly important and provides invaluable support for disaster relief programs.

Budget uncertainty has significant impacts on morale, recruitment, retention, and also the ability of the Air Force to balance readiness with modernization.

Eagle Vision provides outstanding value and utility to Homeland defense, domestic emergency relief, as well as for disaster relief operations working with our friends and allies.

The Maui Space Surveillance System (MSSS) is a national treasure in terms of capabilities.

I hope that, as you consider new locations for cyber protection teams, that Hawaii be given full consideration.

I appreciate your commitment to influence the climate at the Air Force Academy.

The traditional acquisition approach is not agile and results in late to need delivery of critical warfighting capabilities and technologically superior forces and voiced a concern that our acquisition system prevents the timely delivery…