We have seen that movie before, Mr. Secretary. In fact, you and I have. We saw it after World War II, and we were not prepared for Korea.

I must say, Mr. Secretary, your timing is exquisite. You are coming over here with a budget that we agree on, at least on the numbers, at a time when the world is probably more unsettled than it has been since the end of World War II.

We do not accept anything that President Putin said as fact about why they had to protect the so-called ethnic minority in Crimea.

I strongly support the administration's approach to this deescalation.

This is a time for wise, steady, and firm leadership, and it is a time for all of us to stand with the Ukrainian people.

I am greatly concerned about the risk to our men and women in the military and to our Nation from terrorist attacks.

I am concerned, Senator, that the lack of legislation will impact our ability to defend the country in this area.

I think we are in grave danger of a new form of warfare that most of us don't understand.

I think that would be a great idea, although I don't know as much about your job, unfortunately.

Mr. President, I compliment my colleagues who have been talking about Medicare Advantage today. It is amazing to me that this administration will take money from Medicare Advantage--a program people love and that works well, where they can…

I happen to believe one key reason that counterfeit and substandard drugs are still a public health problem in the United States is the penalties are not sufficient to deter criminals from engaging in this activity.

I support his commonsense amendment and urge my colleagues to join in making it unanimous.

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I strongly support his amendment. Madam Chair, title III of the ALERRT Act makes important reforms to assure that agencies identify whether their new regulations will have significant adverse effects…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding, and I strongly support his amendment. Madam Chairman, one of the simplest, most effective, and most commonsense measures we can take to make sure agencies issue smarter regulations is to…

Madam Chairman, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. I strongly support the amendment that he and the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Barr) have offered. I urge my colleagues to support it as well, which protects America's…

America's small businesses, workers, and families are being crushed by an annual regulatory burden that in 2012 amounted to $15,000 per household. That is an expense bigger than any family expense except for housing, and the number of new…

Madam Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time, and just say that the fact of the matter is that the provision in the bill that this amendment attacks is a very straightforward provision that just provides for transparency. It doesn't…

Madam Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the subcommittee.