I thank the gentleman from Arkansas. At this time, I want to yield to our friend from New Jersey (Mr. Lance).

We have just gone through an hour of talking about uninsured, and I want to talk an hour about creating jobs and that it is time to build the Keystone pipeline. The Keystone pipeline has just reached its 2,001st day of the birth of its…

I am baffled, too, so I appreciate your comments. Mr. Speaker, I just want to sum up here: 2,001 days since the permit for this pipeline was filed and over 22,000 pages of scientific review. This permit has been sitting around longer than…

I would even let him keep it. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I rise today to speak about the reauthorization of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program. I thank the Senator from Maryland for her courtesy. In addition, I would like to address an amendment I have proposed to the underlying…

the Department of Defense is going to become a better financial steward, better fiscal steward of their operation.

Is forever now 20 years? Is that the mark that we're going to go by?

I join the chair today in emphasizing the importance of these programs.

Did we get a good gift basket from Russia and China and India and Pakistan?

Our special operators are engaged in more than 70 countries at any given time and are often our first line of defense against an evolving and increasingly dangerous terrorist threat.

We continue to condemn Russia's annexation of Crimea and military intimidation of Ukraine.

Do you think other nations are going to look at that and think we can give up our weapons as well and be protected?

The U.S. Government position remains that Syria's facilities must be physically destroyed so they cannot be used in the future to reconstitute a chemical weapons program.

I'd have to say, Ms. Hersman, I disagree with you. Ukraine was the third power with regards to nuclear weapons.

U.S. superiority can no longer be taken for granted.

I appreciate you clarifying that, because I think it's important for us to be able to understand that.

We expect the Syrian Government to comply fully with its responsibilities under UNSCR 2118.

Demand for these elite troops continues to far exceed supply, placing enormous strain on the readiness of the force.