Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from South Carolina? There was no objection.

Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, a Gallup poll was released which sadly stated that 85 percent of small business owners surveyed were not looking for new employees; 66 percent cite the economic recession, 48 percent blame rising health care…

I think if we look at the ratio of flag officers or general officers to the number of soldiers--and this is in every branch of the service, I believe--it is just--we are too top-heavy.

Mr. Speaker, for 3 years, Americans have watched the President as he has tried to borrow and spend his way out of an economic recession. His failed policies have failed this Nation with unemployment still over 8 percent. The Washington…

To me, this is a great concern for the people I represent.

Thank you very much.

I disagree with that. And let me give you another area that I would like you to look at. And that is slowing our promotion system down.

I am very disappointed that we have cuts in the Guard and Reserve envisioned in your plan.

And TRICARE is so appreciated.

I think we ought to look at if they are not involved in the prepositioning of forces, if they are not expeditionary in nature, they ought to come out of Europe.

It is the radar gun that keeps the industry honest. And if it is eliminated, we don't have a program that will keep the industry in check.

Mr. Speaker, a year or two ago, some local bureaucrat in Oregon shut down a 7-year-old girl's lemonade stand because she had not paid the $120 required to get a restaurant license. The bureaucrat's supervisor defended the action because…

Would you agree with me that if America ever needed a smart intelligence network, it is now?

In many ways, America would go blind in terms of intelligence gathering.

The bottom line is if we have an American military presence post 2014 at the request of the Afghan Government and people that would allow a CT capability, American air power, that would always give the edge to the Afghan security forces…

I am very convinced that they are going down the road of developing a nuclear weapon.

Do you think they are trying to develop a nuclear weapon? Do you think that is their goal?

Would be the best way to negotiate with the Taliban saying you are never going to take this country back over militarily. You need to get involved in the political system.