the continued statutory mandate in the CVPIA to set a goal of doubling the number of striped bass... is an exercise in the absurd.

Mr. President, that is good news. The Presiding Officer just announced the results of the vote, and that is good news because it means the Senate has just taken another step toward the passage of CARA, the Comprehensive Addiction and…

I think we need more resources at the Federal Government level, not just DHS, but DOJ and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

Finally, on the children showing up at the border, is one of the answers increasing our embassy and consulate capabilities in those three countries...

Do you think Putin's $8 billion in advanced arms sales to Iran increased risk to U.S. forces and operations in the region?

I think we as part of that international community have to do more.

Libya-based threats to United States interests are growing and if left unchecked, I believe they have the highest potential among security challenges.

I think that, just as we in the military provide incentive pay for hardship positions, I hope that you would look at that.

I hope that this Committee and the Congress can get some recommendations from you, because, frankly, I have not seen anything quite like this...

the root cause of our unsecured border literally is our insatiable demand for drugs

But it also seems that the problem is increasing--according to these Governors--rather than decreasing.

I know that you know that there is an epidemic of manufactured heroin, and the deaths from manufactured heroin overdoses have been described by some Governors, including the Governor of New Hampshire, as a, quote, 'epidemic.'

It is interesting in these hearings, General, how it matters how the question is asked. I think facts are stubborn things.

Nowhere is this unraveling more visible or more dangerous than the Middle East.

This emerging vacuum has been filled by the most extreme and anti-American of forces: Sunni terrorist groups, such as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] and al Qaeda; Shiite extremists, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran and its…

We are terribly short on staffing at our ports of entry on our Southern Border.

Our Nation's most distinguished national security leaders have testified before this committee repeatedly that we are witnessing the unraveling of the rules-based international order.

Clearly, the approach that the Russians have taken is irresponsible. They are using dumb bombs.