Right now, the pivot is being looked at again, because, candidly, it cannot happen.

Our alliances with Japan and the ROK are rooted in shared strategic interests in the Asia-Pacific region and around the world.

Bipartisan congressional support for our alliances and the close cooperation between the legislative branches of our three countries have been critical to the success we have achieved over the last six decades.

We want to see good relations with all the countries in that region of the world.

Another reason why how Ukraine is ultimately resolved is so important.

There is no dispute that Crimea is Ukrainian territory, yet Russia is using its military there.

It is critically important that the United States...use our relationships to improve the relationship between those two countries.

If Russia's activities in Ukraine go unchallenged, does this raise the concern that China could use that as an example for its own military actions?

I have to say it has been interesting to listen to the concerns that have been expressed about the budget because, of course there were people who were perfectly prepared to see NASA operate under sequestration levels that would…

I appreciate the Chairman and the Ranking Member calling this hearing because I would like us to be more invested as a committee and a Congress and really to help do what Dr. Magnus described, which is set of vision, a strategy, something…

I am really--I am curious as to what you all think the Congress needs to do in terms of directing NASA in terms of a timeline to provide a roadmap that would be reasonable then if we were to proceed along this goal to 2021 and then into…

one of the reasons why this bill is failing is because it was not passed with bipartisan efforts.

If we can find our path forward, Madam Chairwoman, to that kind of a stable support for medical research in the United States, it would make a huge difference.

This is an equal opportunity epidemic. It hits people at all income levels.

despite the evidence, the increasing evidence of the adverse effects of marijuana.

Where was the medical expertise that you used in making that decision?

Instead of harnessing the power of consumer choice to lower costs overall by aligning lower cost sharing with lower total costs, the plans divide the interests of individual beneficiaries on the one hand, and the Medicare Program on the…

I think it is a fair expectation on the part of the taxpayers and the beneficiaries that periodically you kick the tires on the program.