The topics we are going to discuss today are vital to the health of our All-Volunteer Force.

Some of them we may not address in the most efficient manner possible, and there are a lot of opportunities for, I think, improvement here.

Thank you all, gentlemen. To your spouses, thank them for their service too because I know, if it is like my job, it is teamwork that makes it possible.

We should think first by identifying unique categories that we can look at.

I want to thank the panelists for being here today. This is the beginning of a dialogue, not just a meeting.

I do not agree with that. I think that there are--we are comparing probably not the right data sets.

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, H.J. Res. 57, which we will be voting on today and discussing and debating in a few moments, would overturn an administration rule on school accountability standards that were finalized back in November…

Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my colleague Mr. Rokita for yielding time and for handling this on the floor today. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.J. Res. 57. For years, the Federal Government operated under the flawed idea that…

It's a popular topic these days, and with $1.3 trillion outstanding, it's clear why it is.

Couldn't this money and time be better spent on serving students?

It's time for the Federal Government to get out of the way.

Inaction is not an option.

We need a real transparency as it relates to your financials and how we can look at this because there seems to be an indication that that is totally in the purview of the PRC and bypassing Congress.

I want to thank you for bringing this important piece of legislation to our attention.

The only thing that the chair recognizes is a CBO analysis is the only entity that makes a weatherman's forecast look good.

I was personally touched by the story of one of my constituents, Jonny Wade, a courageous 8-year-old from my district.

Well, the only competition you really have in market-dominant is the internet.

If we do not act, this is really going to affect jobs.