The President has presented us with a budget that spends too much, borrows too much and taxes too much.

How do we expect to win global competition? How do we expect to create jobs when we are taxing the engine of economic growth and job creation, small businesses, at rates in excess of 50 percent in most states?

The United States has become an increasingly hostile environment for investment relative to other developed nations.

Earlier this year I was pleased with the decision by the Air Force to replace the 12 retiring C-5A Galaxy aircraft with the C-17.

Violence against women and girls is frequently an early indicator of repressive regimes and instability.

I think not only must that be one of your primary responsibilities, but I appreciate that it is in the forefront of your mind.

Do we have strategies in place to make sure that if there is a transition that we are very knowledgeable about what military assets are there, what will happen to them?

I appreciated your testimony earlier about the nature of al Qaeda, that it has fundamentally metastasized, and in fact, many believe that al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is perhaps far more dangerous than any other aspect of al Qaeda…

I appreciated the fact that the statement was made that a cyber attack could well be a declaration of war.

If confirmed, I request you continue to utilize this program to contract for appropriate services required by the Army.

I really was disappointed in Honduras that the MCC compact was not renewed and I think it is especially egregious because a large reason why it was not renewed was because of the corruption that happened in the previous regime.

the taxpayer bears the second burden.

Everyone here is frustrated, and I think you are frustrated as well, because the answer to almost every question is, we have to play the hand that we are now dealt.

I happen to think that they have some nerve rejecting him, quite frankly, and so I want to know about the status of that.

While those areas receive the most attention from the world's media, they are certainly no more important to the United States' national interest than what happens in Latin America.

It doesn't seem fair to penalize Pepe Lobo, who I think is doing a very good job in terms of trying to get his country back to normal.

I think it is unhelpful, frankly, in Middle East peace.

this is the exact reason why the general public doesn't trust the government and doesn't believe that we ever have their interest at heart.