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I ask my colleague, it seems to me, as he described this reconciliation trailer bill that the House will use, first, to try to fix elements of the Senate bill they do not like, and then that reconciliation bill would come back to the…

We have to, I think, be very concerned about readiness, combat effectiveness, cohesion, recruitment, retention.

I think they have figured it out, which is why the last survey I quoted was the CNN survey which said 48 percent of the people want us to start over and 25 percent want Congress to quit working on the issue altogether. That is literally…

This is an important subject and one that we obviously want answers on.

Obviously, you have a public interest requirement that you have to look into, and I am trying to get at the issue with respect to this merger how the FCC might define the public interest standard.

I also understand that the marines at Camp Lejeune have been unable to obtain the EMMA TRICARE benefit for Wounded Warriors

I think that a longer term is better than these short, you know, month-to-month type extensions that we've been dealing with here lately.

I think there's a lot of uncertainty out there right now, with the State DOTs and highway programs, about what the funding levels are going to be, and I would like to see us get to work on a highway bill this year.

I would--the only thing I would say--and, Mr. Chairman, I think this is one of those issues that really ought to--it would be more appropriately considered, by this committee, as part of an authorizing bill.

I think the questions that need to be answered are, When was the problem first identified? Was Toyota too slow to react?

It just seems like the example of a pilot who lives in Hawaii and operates out of Florida--it--just as a practical matter.

On the 1-year anniversary of this very tragic crash, we continue to try and get answers, and continue to try and come up with policies that we think make sense and that will prevent anything like this from ever happening in the future.

I'm just trying to think about what our role is, in terms of a worldwide problem.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank you and the Ranking Member for holding today's hearing on a very important and oftentimes overlooked subject, cybersecurity, which, as we've heard, has great consequence for our security and our…

I think we have to remember that we're under constant attack. Our critical infrastructure and the Internet backbone of our economy remain extremely vulnerable to these cyber attacks.

And there are multiple government agencies that deal with, and have some role in preventing, cyber attacks.

And there was a recent GAO report that states that cyber attacks could cost our economy $100 billion annually in the near future.

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