it tells them the very department that was meant to serve them is actually serving the interests of other people

What we would hate to see is them to hold the SES to the same standard as political appointees.

This budget--you know, we wish it could be better, and it can be better if Congress has the gumption to vote for a better or stronger budget.

The solution isn't spending more money. The solution is spending money more wisely.

I favor raising the minimum wage, which hasn't been raised in a long time, but I think even more important is to raise the Earned Income Tax Credit, which is a more effective, more targeted way of reaching low-income people.

I think the latter. Increases in revenues have to be part of the equation...

Nobody raises their hand.

I believe any reasonable examination of history and economics will show that we are, indeed, headed for a debt crisis. It is the most foreseeable crisis in our Nation's history.

I think it is a serious mistake to just have a political policy of blaming everything on the President.

I hope that the public understands that, you know, we can have as strong a defense as we want to have, but just got to pay for it.

We are all Americans, we all want a stronger country, we all want a strong missile defense, and we all should pay for it.

This must be an election year. I thought that statement, from my good friend, was needlessly alarmist and partisan.

People who complain about a shortage of funding, and then don't allow the Pentagon to prioritize, are people who are not willing to fund our warfighters overseas and at home, should stop complaining.

Will you commit to neither deploy nor procure additional ground-based interceptors (GBIs) until we have a successful flight intercept test?

Where would you spend your next dollar?

I thank Mrs. Hartzler for yielding and for her leadership on this critical issue, which is not just as partisan issue. I am a Democrat. I know this is not a partisan issue--religious liberty. This is not even just a foundational American…

It is very important that the Congress map out a strong position on President Putin's acts of thuggery.

I want to commend you and the staff for getting this timely legislation on Ukraine before the committee this morning.