I think we all agree--certainly you agree, do you not, General Breedlove, the significance of that program?

General Austin, Admiral Ferguson, General Dunford, and General Breedlove, once the JROC established the requirements, are those requirements used to establish development and testing criteria?

recent delays in the F-35 program have required the Navy to procure an additional 41 F/A-18E/F aircraft

Thank you for your service. It is a very tough job.

I, thank the Senator. The reality is we are committing malpractice. Let me describe what I mean by that. In medicine, when a patient comes in, listening is a very important aspect. In fact, there is the axiom in medicine that if you listen…

if you cannot measure what you are doing, you cannot manage it.

We do not want to know whether we are creating a new duplicative program.

the fact is that is just an absence of leadership both in the Bush Administration and in this one.

The IPAB stands for the Independent Payment Advisory Board. They are a group of individuals who will decide what we pay for and what we do not pay for in terms of health care. They will also decide how much we pay. Once those 15 people are…

We are treating the symptoms, not the disease.

The biggest threat you face is not somebody crafting a piece of art that somebody did not like.

the reality is, they flood the institutions around them anyway.

We spend a lot of time talking about it. There is going to be a lot of different ways to do that.

Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

This is a tough budget cycle, and, you know, we have got a large deficit.

I think we have made a difference in the last few years.

First, I'll say that Republicans are for clean air. In fact, I championed one of the first bills to reduce mercury--the Clear Skies Act.

I believe this rule is part of the Administration's ongoing war on coal.