Some have argued that the All-Volunteer Force creates a circumstance in which the burdens--the risks and the real-world consequences of war disproportionately affect members of the military and their families.

There are a lot of benefits to our country that come from having an All-Volunteer Force.

We applaud Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bishop for developing the discussion draft National Park Service Centennial Act.

Please do not give me any ideas that would require an offset, because I cannot find them.

Let me say two last things. Director Jarvis, the Subcommittee Chair mentioned the issue of bottled water. Please do not overlook that.

the parks are not America's greatest idea--baseball is. The parks are just nice.

I think the use of the Reserves talks to the involvement of the community.

The administration's response to the wave of inversions has, in my opinion, been short-sighted, focusing only on the symptoms rather than the underlying illness.

I think this is really new stuff and pretty ominous.

I do not think it is necessarily going to drive U.S. researchers, and the ownership of IP, out of the U.S. overnight.

There are concerns about taxpayer confidentiality in the Master File reports.

if you shudder, colleagues, at these tax-avoidance schemes; if you really get angry about matters like the double Irish with a Dutch sandwich; if you want to crack down on it, you have to be for comprehensive tax reform.

I just hope that we can figure out a way, on a bipartisan basis, to fix this.

The United States must not buckle under pressure to do so in the case of BEPS.

Senator Schumer and I do not agree on everything, to say the least, but we did come up with an agreement on this issue.

It is paramount that Congress prevent the U.S. Treasury from unilaterally fulfilling the OECD's wish to rewrite global tax rules without democratic oversight.

I thank you again for the opportunity to be here today, and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Inversions like these are some of the clearest examples of base erosion and are largely motivated by tax considerations.