Today I rise to recognize retired United States Air Force Colonel Carlyle ``Smitty'' Harris of Tupelo, Mississippi. On this day in 1973, after nearly 8 years of being held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, he was released to be reunited…

That is not humility. That is the opposite of that. That is arrogance.

I appreciate Mr. Payne and Ms. McSally's efforts to continue those efforts.

To be honest, I want to make sure that I am just not hearing another hearing for another Congress, saying the same thing.

The majority of America does not believe protects them, and they believe it is punitive, and not helpful.

I have grown frustrated that we seem to be having the same hearing over and over again.

The Mississippi Bee Stewardship Program has been held up nationally as a model of the desired state management plan approach.

I find it remarkable that today I sit here with a new Subcommittee Chairman asking many of the same questions I was asking 3 years ago.

I think you have both the House and the Senate who the majority of Members, regardless of which party, think it is not being implemented correctly.

I don't know of any higher calling than that engaged in by capable and creative scientists, doctors, researchers.

It is penny-wise and pound-foolish to make such cuts even to these effective programs.

Would you tell the committee what it means to be outranged by Russia?

What does that mean for our Nation's security?

We are outranged and outgunned by many potential adversaries.

What specifically should we do? What steps should this committee and this Congress take to reverse these trends?

Well, we look forward to seeing an accurate force structure based on the current threats.

Our Army in the future risks being too small to secure the Nation.

It's abundantly clear to me that Putin will continue to test American and NATO resolve during the remaining year of the Obama Administration.