It is not in India's interest to have another nuclear weapon state in the region.

One area that I think has been a dismal failure is our ability to influence Afghanistan relative to the poppy.

Foreign assistance is a means not an end in and of itself.

Clearly, in order to sustain these goals we must, as President Obama notes, work to stabilize Afghanistan.

It seems to me that it was more of a victory lap than a statement of strategy or objectives.

In the President's recent speech at Bagram airbase, President Obama tried to lay out what he believes is the path forward.

We should cut Pakistan off of every cent because it is being used for evil purposes and it has even been used to kill Americans.

I hope that we will get some answers today to make sure that the FDIC is getting the maximum that they can for the money and that they are not killing small business and doing away with jobs.

I beseech you to ensure VA respects the autonomy of their physicians and the preferences of veterans...

It isn't money that makes a good school. I grew up in western North Carolina in about as poor a place as there ever has been, and I say I got a really excellent education.

Congress has already recognized that federal procurement laws and regulations do not always work for the personalized health care...

The United States is the greatest country in the history of the world and it is because of the service and the sacrifice of the men and women who serve this country and who have served this country.

All of those are going to exceed that $3,000 threshold. We heard earlier about a $12,000 limb and if it is $25,000, that does not matter because the veterans need prosthetics and they need state-of-the-art prosthetics.

I do want to say that a group of students from Appalachian State University just came in.

More than any other, Section 165 of Dodd-Frank is emblematic of Washington taking its eye off of the ball.

I am concerned that many of the broadband loan and grant programs run by RUS duplicate programs within the Universal Service Fund.

My concern is the overwhelming majority of students who are still in the school that they left.

We have to create jobs. We have to get this economy better.