What I am not for is fraud. What I am not for is theft.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I urge you to understand that all these States who go ahead and forward the funds, that I want to make sure that they are rewarded, not punished.

I would just urge you to help us as much as you can.

This plus-up is going to make American infrastructure more vital.

We are trying our best to be fiscally responsible.

Time is money and it would be a shame to have this project fall behind.

I want to compliment my State for putting $300 million aside at a time when they could have used the money for something else.

I just think not only did we need to spend more on our military, I think what the Corps of Engineers and what you do on Civil Works is important to our infrastructure.

I commend Mr. Horowitz and his colleagues at CIGIE for taking the initiative to release this compendium of analysis for the first time.

I do think it is a significant amount of money. I think, in a deployed environment, it is more difficult than here in the United States, but that doesn't mean that we should not provide oversight and internal controls and ensure that the…

These grants should be spread out. They just shouldn't be given to a small, tiny group of favored individuals.

Thank you very much, Chairman Ed Royce and Ranking Member Eliot Engel, for having this important hearing on turbulence in the Middle East.

A concern I've always had, how do we identify friendly or democratic allies in Syria.

Well, I want to thank you. That's about the best description we've had over the years of being here and discussing Syria.

Thank you, Chairman Mac Thornberry, for addressing this important matter of the 4th Estate which manages a significant portion of the defense budget.

I was very pleased to see your personal interest as significant and all that can be done to address that issue with our NATO ally, Turkey.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman Gohmert for his leadership. We have been joined by the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Tenney), who has served our country so well on the General Assembly of New York and now here in Congress, Congresswoman…