I am actually very hopeful that we might have a good hearing today in which we discuss this in an honest fashion.

Wishful thinking is not a strategy to pin our force structure decisions upon.

I worry that the Department is justifying its deep cuts to the Army based on this set of unrealistic assumptions.

I think it is important that as we finance research that we connect it to jobs.

We have decades' worth of work to do at Oak Ridge, and I am committed.

I am committed, I am passionate about getting environmental cleanup of our legacy waste done.

We are in a fierce race with China, so we have to have all hands on deck.

Thank you, Dave, you took over at a tough time. This is a very difficult job.

The sentiments of this subcommittee, I think are very clear. We are truly amazed with what is going on in your field.

I hope these sobering remarks remind us to not lose sight of our shared values and the vital importance of reversing the dangerous budget trajectory.

you see, that is a program that seems to be working, so we are wondering why the administration would want to cut or propose a cut?

So you have both security concerns being discussed now? You are working with folks down there to see if you could come up with a better idea of securing the existing facility, and GSA is leading a study to see if there is a need for a new…

it gets restored every year, every year it is almost like a done deal. You propose to get rid of it, you and your predecessors, and then we restore it.

Small businesses are invaluable engines of economic growth, job creation, and innovation, and I am pleased to be able to discuss these important issues today.

You are not one of the agencies that gets mentioned every day on the Floor of the House. But yet when something hits hard you are the first one we go to for help and so do the American people.

You wonder what shape are we in to meet those disasters in the future.

What are you specifically proposing to do to reduce the misuse of the prescription drugs?

only catching about 20 percent of the drugs being trafficked into the United States, and it is an issue there of resources.