We always have a debate in this country on what the definition of a benevolent dictator is, and maybe this falls under t...
So everything is relevant, but I must say it is problematic when one person is delegated this type of authority with lim...
I would like to introduce in the record a letter from the Baton Rouge Area Foundation which administered the $100 millio...
What have you done?
You are trying to draw a general policy.
Supplemental Security Income for Children is an important program for the very vulnerable and neediest of the population...
Wow.
the President's Executive Order creates a new Federal bureaucracy that requires regional plans to be created whether Sta...
Like many, if not most, of our members here, I share the view that large, immediate cuts to the defense budget caused by...
I urge you to focus on those issues that help states--not hurt them.
Sequestration would make that rational evaluation impossible, which is why it must be avoided.
If we're going to fix this problem in the long run and avoid sequestration in the short run, I believe that we must addr...
You cannot look at a budget that is almost 40 percent out of whack in terms of our deficit and say that 20 percent of th...
The industrial base of this country is critical to our economy and obviously defense spending is part of maintaining tha...
the Economic and Fiscal Impacts of DOD Spending on the Commonwealth of Virginia in FY 2008
I believe that increasing the amount of revenue that we have available is critical to this effort.
There are certain things that the defense budget requires in terms of technological and business capabilities that, if w...
I appreciate you holding this hearing and this series of hearings that we have had to discuss the impact of defense cuts...