I will not allow that relationship of trust to be violated.
But the base defense budget that we rely on to defend America has to be examined and not unnecessarily weakened, in my opinion.
I do believe that the LCS will be cheaper to operate and be a step forward for the Navy.
I believe Senator Levin asked you about deployments in Europe. It's just a matter that's come up again recently. I am of the belief it's dif...
We need to ask ourselves a few things. All of us want to contain spending...
I believe it's the responsibility of Congress to reduce spending. We're going to have to do that.
For our economy it's better for those troops to be in the United States spending their wealth and creating tax growth for the local communit...
I would urge you to--we would tender those to you to consider us working to get rid of redundant, unnecessary rules.
I believe that is a very important point.
My Governor, Governor Riley, has told me he is stunned by the economic impact that this health care bill would have on State budgets.
We did not have hearings in this Committee on the health care bill, the constitutionality of it.
It causes our Nation to once again enter into a discussion about what it means to be a government of limited powers.
The U.S. Government is a government of limited powers.
I would never want you to pay one cent that was not meritorious.
I think my people in Alabama, just like Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and others, they are interested in a fair process.
I think that's pretty plain.
I think the Air Force tried to do what they could.
I hope, submitting the lowest possible bids, for the benefit of America and the taxpayers.