Shouldn't that be a factor in deciding?

If you're leaving 20 percent of the money on the table, it may be that the level isn't as relevant as how it's collected.

I think we might want to look to that as perhaps a funding opportunity.

Restrictions placed by Congress?

It ought not be next to impossible.

I think it is an essential Federal function that this Department has done well over the years.

I don't think your budget is big enough.

But the fact is it is still a critical tool, and if we care about our environment as well as our economy, it is something that we have to have.

It would be a grave mistake to withdraw from Afghanistan on an arbitrary timeframe not based upon conditions on the ground.

I think there is a question, here. If it's entirely open-ended, in terms of time, in terms of enemy, in terms of geography, then we've written the war power out of the Constitution, as far as I'm concerned, and the Congress has no role.

I truly understand the challenges that people often have, and the difficulties, and the time it takes for a listing.

I hope we can use that influence to move this along.

He won. He could afford to be magnanimous. That is free political advice to the president of another country.

In my view, this document is trying to strike a balance between presidential authority and congressional authority in the area of, particularly, warmaking.

I think that's just part of the reality that we face there. Plus, we have--for the first time in, I don't know, living memory, have a real partner that we can work with who has a chance to make Afghanistan work.

I think it's important that the Presidents come to us and ask for an authorization.

The support that the Taliban have from the average Afghan is not favorable.

The Army Corps projects are particularly important in my State, and they play such an important role in local economies.