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I hope that the risks taken on by delaying some of these projects will be mitigated as additional MILCON funds become available.

I want to start by saying that I am disappointed in the overall MILCON reductions, as I am sure all of you are.

I know that there's pressure everywhere in the DOD budget; tradeoffs have to be made while managing RIFs.

I believe that there is enough on the commander's plate, and the fact that there is just entirely too many conflicts of interest...

So while there have been some improvements, then given the severity of the problem, more can be done?

Let us just tell perpetrators: 'don't rape.' Okay. So you get all the perpetrators in a room and tell them 'don't rape,' but you are still going to allow them to serve?

If I don't have to deal with sexual assault and I can continue going on with what my mission is, to make the unit ready... they would like to do that.

The figures are some 22,000-plus sexual assaults occur in the military in a given year, and only a very insignificant number of these crimes are ever reported to the chain of command.

You, too, support removing the chain of command from the decision to prosecute these crimes?

Ultimately, Congress is responsible for protecting Social Security, and Congress needs to do its job.

Let me be clear: Those failures to protect Social Security aren't the SSA's fault.

I am especially concerned about reports that women are confined in solitary for reporting abuse, including sexual abuse, by the Bureau of Prisons staff.

97 percent of our prisoners do get released into the community, so we really need to pay attention to what is happening with them.

I agree that everyone should have a right to sue, but if you lose, I think you should pay. This amendment will allow Federal land managers to get back to managing lands, create greater certainty in the ranching community, and help…

We passed the Dodd-Frank Reforming Consumer Protection Act, which created your Office, and I think that was a good thing.

Do you know of any bureaucrat that you have ever met that knows the children of Indiana better than Indiana's parents, teachers, and taxpayers?

We trust parents, teachers, local taxpayers more than any other bureaucrat--than a bureaucrat in Washington.

What we really need in this town, and it should be no surprise to any of the witnesses, is leadership.

I wish to congratulate Senator Booker for his maiden speech. It is great to have him with us, and I thank Senator Booker also for calling upon the better angels in all of us to do what is right. Opportunity and fairness for all are not…

What did they get? No insurance and less pay. Genius. That is a genius Federal program right there.

Washington often gets it wrong.

By direction of the Democratic Caucus, I offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 460 Resolved, That the following named Member be and is hereby elected to…

Sequestration in 2016 is an issue that we're going to need to deal with in a sensible way.

There is growing concern among U.S. allies and partners that the United States will be unable to follow through on its commitment to the rebalance due to declining defense budgets and continuing security challenges elsewhere.