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I think that we need to remind the American people that over the last 3 years, certainly in my short tenure in Congress, there really has been a vacuum of foreign policy.

Given the worsening epidemic, it is time for Congress to act once more.

The suicide rate among our military servicemembers and veterans is not just a tragedy; it is a crisis.

Assuming we keep intact our 53-year record of passing the NDAA, this legislation will become law by year's end, but only for military personnel and their families, not for veterans.

Despite the time and effort we, DOD, and VA have put into combating military and veteran suicide, these numbers tell us how much more work we have to do.

I am very pleased that Congress in the most recent legislation on payments to physicians mandated that they remove the Social Security Numbers from the Medicare cards.

Addressing the estimated $385 billion net tax gap will require strategies on multiple fronts, and one of those you say is tax code complexity.

I am disappointed we have not been able to get there, even though there is really an understanding of the problem and a commitment to do something about it.

I do a waste, fraud, and abuse speech on the floor every week to point out some of the money that we could save the taxpayer.

I think this is one of the more instructive, constructive hearings that we have had on this Committee.

The results from the Gallup-Purdue Index ought to give all of us pause in terms of how we can provide better value for the cost that is being endured by students and their parents.

I think the question relative to the macro issue here of our ever plunging into more and more national debt is going to have significant consequences not only in our education system, but just about everything that we do here.

When you look at recent graduates with student loans, it really gets ugly really fast. If alumni don't feel they're getting their money's worth, we risk this tidal wave of demand for higher education crashing down.

I have reason to be very skeptical about them complying with what they agreed to comply with.

I believe it is a crisis. I believe we have had a President with no foreign policy whatsoever.

You think 1 hour of notice is legitimate for two organizations and militaries that are talking?

I look at it as a gigantic breach because I represent three-quarters of a million people that are looking at their TVs right now like I am.

And would this not be a major alarm? This is alarming to me that he just talked to the President yesterday...