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The world remains combustible and complex.

Thank you, Madam Chairman.

The American military is the most advanced and effective fighting force in the world.

I don't--I do not agree with any recommendation that would unilaterally take any action to further reduce our nuclear warheads and our capability.

I don't agree with any recommendation that would unilaterally take any action to further reduce our nuclear warheads and our capability.

I have zero confidence that the State Department will act in a timely fashion with regards to the DEIS issued on March 1st, 2013.

We have been waiting over 1,600 days for the U.S. State Department to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

I agree it is not good enough to say zero tolerance. The whole chain of command needs to be accountable for this.

The intent here is to again ensure the integrity of the missions of the programs, and our substantive way of doing that is through you being the basic watchdog.

I think it is important to recognize that we depend upon you to bring us the results of your audits and in a timely fashion, that are substantive and clear.

I think that might be an improvement, and it would get us out of this entanglement as to the centralized authority in this regard to find out how well program missions and clarifications of implementation are actually being followed in a…

When we have a system that is not ensuring that those who need the help are getting it in a timely fashion, we are potentially wasting it; we are undermining our own mission here.

You don't want to be in a situation where you have someone in an undergrad college who has received scholarships and may not have an income level and is at a substantial university taking out students loans, who is using money in the…

If we had some greater, higher level, a definition with higher standards, then we would be able to take some of those stores out, and we would see less trafficking.

When that happens, when we identify that and we disqualify a retailer, do an investigation, disqualify a retailer, we send that information to the State so that the State can then look at the client.

We want this targeted to persons really in need.

Because, again, please understand, I think the chairman very well said it; it goes to the heart of the integrity of the program and what its core mission should be.

But explain for those of us who don't have criminal minds how this actually can occur and then what steps are now underway to tackle it.