I was just thinking, I represent about 30 or so colleges and universities, and I am wondering if maybe some of them may not really understand that they have got to be in compliance with certain kinds of rules and regs.

Madam Speaker, the Federal budget is approximately $3.6 trillion; $2.4 trillion is what we call ``mandatory spending.'' That's Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and interest payments on the debt. Approximately $1.2 trillion is the…

the best thing that we can do is to put aside politics and take a hard look at the facts of what went wrong

This committee needs to know what more can be done to address this culture of sexual abuse that appears to be, unfortunately, not controlled within the Air Force.

I'm troubled when the program executive officer says that sustainment costs are the big gorilla and are potentially unaffordable in the future.

It's our job not to continually self-inflict the damage on our country, its readiness, and its economy.

This seems to be a systemic, persistent problem.

I detected in his comments in the last day or two a sense of anger and frustration over the most recent incident involving an officer in the Air Force.

The subcommittee meets this morning to receive testimony on the fiscal year 2014 budget request for the U.S. Air Force.

Base closure commissions are supposed to take the politicians out of the process. I think they've replaced the politicians with other politicians.

You've got to get to the bottom of it. And you've got to prevent it as much as you can. And you've got to punish people who do it.

I'd like to cancel it, and I'd like to cancel it not only for this year, but for the next 10.

I'd like to know--if you can respond now, fine--have you taken a look at the original goal of the Joint Strike Fighter and whether or not there are other ways to meet the needs of national security at a lower cost?

It is cold comfort to hear these are lieutenants, and they may have been new to the job.

we're going to have to continue, aren't we, in the modernization of our planes, our Marine needs, our Army needs, our Navy needs?

The obvious question is: Why was there a problem at this high level of responsibility within the Air Force?

I hope we can come together to do that.

I'm tired of hearing, 'Boys will be boys.' 'Oh, it's an isolated incident.'