I am actually very hopeful that we might have a good hearing today in which we discuss this in an honest fashion.
In Bridgeport, CT, we had epidemic levels of school-based arrests... school-based arrests plummeted by 50 percent.
For a lot of the underperforming schools in my State, the foundational issue is kids' behavior before you get to kids' l...
If you can't agree that defense, where we currently outspend all of our conceivable enemies combined by a factor of 4 to...
this Congress has an obligation to make sure that our men and women in uniform have the tools, the equipment, and the tr...
we know what our number one drivers of our deficit and our debts are, and we need to address that. And it is not defense...
it is just not right that we are trying to balance our budgets, our Nation's budgets on the backs of our men and women i...
I mean, in terms of its history as far as veterans are concerned, in fact it is really the opposite.
And if we do the math, okay, we are talking about 2019 is when this issue could be revisited.
If H.R. 3633 were to pass... we would still have a terrible challenge in terms of access to health care for TRICARE.
Not without a constitutional amendment.
In my opinion, that is clearly the best way to strengthen the network of access for veterans in this country.
That is a really pretty safe assumption?
Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I thank you for your kind words.
the historical precedent of sequestration in the 1990s and early 2000s, when Congress came together on a bipartisan basi...
I think it is important sometimes to remember the Budget Control Act is not like we are helpless in front of it, and seq...
There is strong bipartisan support for getting a 300-ship Navy.
We have to see how the money is being spent, so congratulations on that great achievement.
