I am especially concerned that the Iraqi Security Forces lost large quantities of U.S.-provided weapons to ISIL forces.

We do not have enough amphibious ships but given today's fiscal environment and budget uncertainty, the current plan provides the best balance of assets in this period of limited resources and diminishing flexibility.

I believe that the threat of these fighters returning from the battlefield to carry out attacks... are an issue that we must be addressing now.

The President should, in my opinion, do everything he possibly can to protect Americans and to protect U.S. facilities in Iraq and Syria from ISIS.

I believe, however, like many of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, that the President should seek congressional authorization for his expanded campaign to degrade and destroy ISIS.

If confirmed, we will need your support in pushing this critically important legislation forward next Congress.

Here in the Senate, Senator Chris Coons and I introduced the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

Now through voluntary best practices, we have seen progress in combating online piracy.

The lure of advertising revenue continues to fuel online piracy across the globe.

I also appreciate your leadership in these areas.

I honor you and expect a great deal from you as we go into the future.

I hope that today we will hear from you about your plans to address fraud and overpayments in the Social Security programs.

The DI trust fund exhaustion has been foreseen for 20 years.

I think we have a moral imperative to the least of these in our society to look out for their needs.

We are all scared to death of her. We do whatever she tells us to do, is all I can say.

Our job here is to make sure if you ever need a Social Security check when you are 65 or 70 or 75, it will be there, and our job is to make sure that if you ever need Medicare or you need health care, and you probably will, that it will be…

Just welcome and we are happy to have you testify here today.

I hope to get a better sense from you what your plans are to eliminate the obvious instances of wasteful spending we have been seeing at SSA.