Let me emphasize that point: if this technology were to be perfected, automated vehicles could eliminate many of the crashes on our Nation's roadways and save thousands of lives each year.

I am pleased to see the Administration continues to highlight the importance of this vital program.

This is not the time to be issuing unnecessary, burdensome regulations in the midnight hours.

I have serious reservations about the legislative proposal in the House that seeks to privatize air traffic control outside of the F.A.A.

It is inexcusable that vulnerable residents are ever placed into substandard housing with serious violations.

But should the States even be involved in this area, or should it be left up to the Federal Government so that there is a nationwide standard and approach?

The potential of the new technology that we're examining today is exciting, cars that drive themselves and avoid accidents.

I know that they're also engaged in a notice of proposed rulemaking to try to address this.

Instead of living within fiscal reality, the budget evades the budget caps by using the same old gimmicks we have seen in past proposals.

I would also like to emphasize to the Secretary the importance of prioritizing the Department's regulatory agenda.

I do believe it is one of the greatest vulnerabilities that we have facing our critical infrastructure.

Railroad safety is an important issue that this Committee takes very seriously.

The cessation of hostilities is certainly better than the all-out war we were seeing before.

We have got to build in flexibility for the family when the duty station changes but the school is still not done.

I would just like your thoughts on how that looks now from the field.

in his 50 years of Government service, he has never seen a more complex, dangerous, and growing threat environment than what we are facing today.

we are doing these drawdowns based upon decisions about budgets made in 2011 before ISIS, before Syria, before North Korea nuclear, before the South China Sea, before the Ukraine.

The other thing I would like for the record-- I had a conversation this morning with the Admiral, that 84 percent of his incoming recruits are from military families.