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.
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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.
Senator Hatch's bill has a number of things that remove some of those disincentives and make it easier for small employers to start a plan so more Americans could be saving.
I do not believe that. I think if we roll back the laws Congress has enacted that raised contribution levels and increased tax incentives to save, then two very bad things would happen at a minimum.
Senator Hatch, your SAFE Retirement Act has the right focus and strikes the right balance.
I am glad the fight is between two Democrats this time.
Senator Hatch, your own legislation has provisions designed to encourage the offering of pensions to low-wage workers who might not otherwise be offered one.
Senator Hatch, your bill is a big step in the right direction toward removing complexities from the system.
Senator Hatch's bill would also permit small employers to band together in multiple-employer plan arrangements.
The tax incentive is very powerful in middle-class America in making these decisions.
Some of us are concerned that the field contains some who, rather than providing a nudge to, perhaps, help people navigate difficult decision-making, would provide full-fledged open field tackles of private citizens.
Mr. Betts, you have real-life experience trying to convince small employers to adopt a retirement plan for their workers.
I believe this tradition of bipartisanship on these issues can and will continue.
I have one more speaker, and I yield as much time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Meng).
I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers). {time} 1315
I am proud to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Calvert) because if anyone can be considered an expert on water issues in the United States, it is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations, as well as…
I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Walden).