North Korea's recent actions have sent a clear wake-up call to the White House that a strong ICBM force is the best deterrent strategy to keep America safe.

The farm bill is our jobs bill, and I will not support anything that gets in the way of our ability to get it done.

I voted for every bill I could to stop these indiscriminate cuts.

Job creation must remain the top priority of the administration, this Congress, and this committee.

We cannot balance the budget on the backs of rural jobs.

the impact or the result of that proposal, of course, would be to eliminate what we know of as Trade Adjustment Assistance, which I think is a mistake.

We should be looking at ways to reduce penalties for foreign investment in the United States.

what are we waiting for?

I appreciate that. My concern is, with this change, even though it is in the interest of consolidation and streamlining, that we would badly degrade our ability to provide that kind of assistance.

The value of it--and you know this; you have worked on this--is that, when someone is in an industry and a trade, and the economic winds blow so hard and in such a devastating way that they get their feet knocked out from under them, it allows them to be retrained.

Our veterans deserve to come home to good-paying jobs and a Nation that honors their sacrifices.

I think it has real effects upon seniors and veterans.

I applaud... the reform of the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act laws to increase investment in the U.S. and create jobs.

I think we can expand upon that when it comes to your service, Ambassador Ford.

I was pleased to see that the President's budget looks to replace the sequester with more thoughtful cost-saving measures.

A 10-percent increase in funding for the VA will help veterans get the care and support they need and deserve.

Do you prioritize public feedback to honor the original agreements when this land was taken out of the private sector and put into the public sector as national forest?

I was in the Middle East last week and spent some time in Turkey but mostly focused on Syria.