I stand beside the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Adjutant General, Major General Edward Tonini, in requesting that we fully fund the fiscal year 2014 National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account request.

It seems to me that one common denominator for all of these policies across all of the public land management agencies is to coax the public off the public's lands.

the Park employees are all against these changes. You know, we want to welcome the public to the public's lands.

the Antiquities Act was actually originally established to give the Administration emergency power to protect newly discovered archeological sites from raiding.

Now we are told, 'Well, commercial activities are not compatible with the public lands.'

Yosemite was set aside 150 years ago specifically for public use, resort, and recreation.

the court did not mandate any of these activities. They simply required a plan.

I will do every single thing in my power to protect the whistleblowers.

we can pay down now, and the cost will be in treasure, or we can pay down later, and the cost will be treasure and blood.

If they thought they were going to stop the conversation, they certainly have another think coming.

we have to keep on pushing because if we do not, it is going to continue.

When one of your members goes into Diplomatic Service or into the military, it is a family deal.

the reason so much of the world is lagging is because they do not give women a fair chance.

I think that the case of Malala was so horrifying for so many reasons. But first of all, it was such a cowardly act for them to go after her.

this bill pays tribute to Malala's vision for her country by reinforcing the U.S. commitment to girls' education in Pakistan.

What the terrorists do, they rule by fear. And they know if people have confidence in themselves and they are educated and they can stand up for themselves, that is a threat to them.

I hope we are going to move these nominees quickly. We need to have our best and brightest out there on the ground.

I know in California, we have an optimistic can-do spirit.