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We must continue to push for more funding and research.

We do not have the luxury of saying, 'oh, well, we will just add to the budget,' unless we are able to do something about sequestration.

If we do not accept your recommendation, then that is $2.1 billion a year, $30 billion over 5 years that has to come from somewhere else.

It is entirely self-imposed, and we act like everybody around this committee, both parties, talks about how terrible it is.

Everybody talks about sequester and yet nobody does anything about it.

We have struggled with the issue of money and politics, always seeking to find the right balance.

I am deeply worried about the future of our democracy.

We have never before seen what is happening today.

I understand the Army is considering pulling some of its financial activities out of the Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) office and handing them off to the Army's own accountants.

Well, I'm going to continue to push really hard on this. I've got a bill. I'm working with OMB (Office of Management and Budget), DEA, and it's just ridiculous that DEA is not more cooperative in this area.

The U.S. military will no longer be sized to conduct large-scale, prolonged, stability operations.

I know how absolutely critical the Guard is to emergency preparedness and response.

And I think that is why the TAGs and the Governors have been virtually unanimous in raising their very deep and genuine concerns about the Army's plan.

I want to give a very specific example from my home State of Maine of what this budget would mean for the National Guard there.

The pending return of sequestration in fiscal year 2016 will quickly erode these gains.

I think it would be a disaster if the sequestration, which has already harmed our Government, comes back into play in the year 2016.

I was, therefore, disappointed when the President's budget request calls for such drastic cuts to the Army Reserve and National Guard end strengths.

It is going to continue to be one of the core missions of this Committee to highlight and combat all types of fraud that are confronting senior citizens.