I believe that we must maintain the ability of farmers to band together to market their products and manage their risk.

One of the critical components of the Dodd-Frank Act is that Congress mandated that we, as the Senator says, get this done.

Frankly, the CFTC was required by law to implement position limits by legislation adopted by this Congress, passed in January.

I don't think we can continue to sacrifice so many lives and spend billions of dollars a week in a war with no end.

Through the support of the Congress and our nation, these young men and women will prevail in the current conflicts.

I think we have to dramatically accelerate our withdrawal of troops from that country.

I appreciate the opportunity to discuss the President's budget request for fiscal year 2012.

Congress is a co-equal branch of government that, under the Constitution, raises armies and provides for navies, and now air forces.

And this country will be paying for it 20 years from now.

You have also, properly, placed our financial stability on the table as a fundamental issue of national security.

I share this desire to begin withdrawing our forces from Afghanistan, beginning with a sizable and sustained reduction in forces this summer.

We are not in the business of nation building. What we are trying to do is build the Afghan National Security Forces to the point where they have the ability to defend that country.

the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) plans to achieve an early intercept capability as part of the phase-adaptive approach are simply not credible.