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It seems to me that one thing that food aid reformers overlook are the economic benefits of sourcing our humanitarian assistance cargoes at home.

You helped me save my time by making that same point, but it was a very important discussion.

We cannot have it both ways. We cannot on the one hand ask you to make people feel good about another priority that we want when we have not sufficiently resourced the priorities that we have already set.

At no time should you be in a position where you come to Congress without an answer.

Thank you and Mr. Heyer and all those who have just bulldogged this thing where you refuse to allow injustice to continue to permeate, even in the halls of this government.

I think that if we are going to get to a point to where we are producing more resources to people who desperately need it, then we have to be open to a different way of addressing the needs.

The question that I have is, is the Marine Corps the Nation can afford the best possible Marine Corps to protect our troops and to project lethality on the battlefield?

If I might just, again, clarify for the record, this is a reporting bill. It is a transparency bill. The standard that my good friend from Massachusetts discusses, and that I agreed with, is not affected at all by this bill. I would have…

I might just suggest to my good friend from Virginia that this is a reporting bill, that this is the same bill, as amended by their amendment, that was passed out of committee overwhelmingly, that I believe the gentleman from Virginia…

There is little justification for cutting vital agencies, like NSF, simply to fund a Defense Department already receiving more than half a trillion dollars each year.

Quite frankly, implementing such a proposal undermines America's competitiveness, economic opportunity, and domestic security.

Our Nation's leadership in a number of important areas is threatened by this budget request, and we need to recognize that if we want our Nation to be at the forefront of innovation and job creation, we need a much wiser fiscal policy.

This negatively affects constituents, by the way, in both Republican and Democratic districts alike.

I strongly oppose this proposed budget cut.

I strongly oppose this proposed cut.

We need to place a high priority on NASA's Earth Science research, and I look forward to discussing this topic further today.

I strongly oppose the elimination of these programs, Mr. Chairman, and I hope that we can work together in a bipartisan manner to preserve these programs that so greatly benefit the American people.

If barriers continue to prevent new and existing small businesses from participating in the Federal Marketplace, such as delays in change orders and packing their bottom line, what will this mean for the industrial base and businesses like…