We need to be cognizant to ensure that any additional reporting requirements... avoid the imposition, however, of an unfunded mandate.

It was frankly to me a despicable thing but it became the political arena.

I wouldn't want the record to show that I was in total agreement with your analogy comparing our situation in Korea, our long-term commitment to Korea, with what might take place in Afghanistan.

I have to express my agreement with Senator Lugar's comment that if we were doing a military model right now, I don't think any of us would be sitting up here saying, 'Oh, it would be 100,000 troops and spending $120 billion a year in…

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor withdrew from talks today, saying Republicans had reached an impasse with Democrats. He's calling on President Obama to get involved to broker a deal.

I think we do need a Hatch Act to set the rules of engagement, but when you actually prohibit somebody from a personal photograph with the President because it is a re-election year, to me, that crosses the line.

Run, Darrell, run.

We've got to push this trade agenda; 95 percent of all the customers are abroad.

I personally believe the single biggest job creation entity... would be putting a long-term debt and deficit plan in place.

And let me first join my colleagues in expressing my profound sympathy to the Terry family for your loss and the country's loss.

So I found it was either laziness or arrogance that really terminated many of our cases.

Do we have the resources? No, we don't. We desperately need them.

No legal reason to withhold it.

The Constitution does not say that. It doesn't talk about 'legitimate' and 'illegitimate.'

Thank you for having this hearing. It really is actually an intellectual feast.

Very rare.

I would also like to thank the VFW, the DAV, and The American Legion for their support of my legislation, S. 957.

These problems must be addressed by both agencies.