U.S. State Attorneys General

Senator Hirono. General Brooks, you mentioned the North Korean missile threat in both your written and oral testimonies.

All of us, I believe, here are aware of the importance of the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and our country's leadership role in maintaining a level of stability.

Should you be confirmed, you would have a commitment to implementing this directive in your command.

I just want to iterate my support for that program.

What concrete steps do we take to reaffirm our relationship, for example, with Saudi Arabia and with Turkey?

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I thank Chairman Price for his leadership. I am very proud of the work that the committee has done to get us to this point--one vote away from this bill getting to the President's desk-- because then the President will finally have a…

Of course, that is a very big part of the smooth transitioning from active status to veteran status, is whether their medical records are accessible and follow them.

Well, my point is that the DOD just awarded a $4.3 billion contract to what sounds like a medical health record upgrading of the system, and then meanwhile the VA is continuing to upgrade and evolve its VistA system.

I think that if we can provide some kind of a regular way that they could get their very specific questions about benefits and other programs answered, I think that would be very helpful.

I have had roundtables with veterans on every island, basically six major islands, and they raise some really practical concerns...

I am running out of time.

So does anyone on the panel disagree that we should go ahead with this confirmation at this point?

I was curious as to, one of the things we understand is that ISIL derives a lot of its revenues from taxation.

The DOJ opinion strikes at the very heart of State powers.

If we have trouble protecting our children from cyberbullying and other Internet crimes-against-children cases, then how can we expect a State to protect our youth from the potential harm of putting an online casino in their pocket.

The Federal Government should respect the rights of States, not destroy those rights.

I'm not up here to say that gambling should be made illegal. I think if New Jersey...want to have a robust gambling industry, they should be free to pursue that.

The DOJ opinion strikes at the very heart of...It should not legalize gambling activities the States make illegal.

Each State is entitled to decide for itself how or whether to regulate gambling or ban it all together.

The members of this committee should recognize that under our Constitution, particularly the 10th Amendment, the States have virtually exclusive authority over gambling.

There is no violation of State sovereignty or 10th Amendment because Congress has the authority under Article I, Section 8 to regulate interstate commerce.

I believe under the 10th Amendment States should be able to outlaw Internet gambling, but those States that want gambling in there can certainly pass those laws that allow it to occur.