the debt limit, again, is a raw number, and no smart fiscal manager uses a raw number as a check.

I think it actually is an imperative for us to remain very engaged with Ankara.

the imbalance between spending and revenue that is built into current law and policy is projected to lead to continued growth of debt held by the public as a share of GDP. This situation--in which debt grows faster than GDP--means the…

Would it be valuable if the Senate ratified the Law of the Sea Convention, again, in terms of our posture in the region?

They do more joint military exercises with the United States than with any other Nation.

We saw some real opportunities.

What we have now does not make sense, so we need to do something different.

Are they being used across all acquisition programs? Are they being used early in a program's life?

I would like to thank our panelists for joining us. You all had mentioned affordability.

Let us make sure that it actually continues to be a priority.

My time is up, but Chairman Johnson did a good job in terms of taking some ideas that we had from the intel community.

Thank you for holding this important hearing.

If we strangle off the $50 million of implementation money, we are not going to make sure that this gets done.

I would argue that--and I know Senator Johnson has talked about this in even a broader scope than I have at times.

The DATA Act that we passed is not going to solve the whole problem, but if you do not even have common definitions, the ability to come in and do an audit is basically moot.

My goal is to gently noodge them--or maybe not so gently noodge them--to make sure that they understand the importance and benefit of financial transparency.

While this is not necessarily an area that gets a lot of attention, it is extraordinarily important.

The State of Michigan was responsible, as the ranking member said, has primacy for the enforcement of the lead and copper rule.