Now Section 215 expires in June of next year. And unless Section 215 is fixed, you, Mr. Cole, and the intelligence community will end up getting nothing because I am absolutely confident that there are not the votes in this Congress to…

We want a prosperous America, and that is really what we have to talk about.

Can you point to one thing that is actually causing health care spending to decline because of the Affordable Care Act, which just kicked in?

we are looking at between $13 and $15 trillion more in benefits being paid over the next 30 years versus payroll taxes being collected.

the latest alternate fiscal scenario of CBO...shows a 30-year deficit, a total of about $127 trillion.

Well, one of the reasons I go to dollar deficits is it is something I think people can understand a little better.

Social Security will pay out $15 trillion in benefits over the next 30 years more than it takes in in payroll tax.

The trust fund really has--to the Government as a whole, has no value.

Now, as a manufacturer, I am always trying to drill down and find out what the root cause of this problem was.

Do you agree with CBO's assessment that an increase to the minimum wage, the one proposed, would cost us jobs?

I think that there is a strong acknowledgment on behalf of the administration that we are facing deficits on several fronts and of several variations.

addressing these other deficits will help us out of our fiscal deficit because it sets the foundation, in my opinion, for long-term economic growth.

extending unemployment insurance is one of the most cost-effective ways to stimulate a weak economy?

Now, at least the previous recruitment bonus program was actually passed as a law by Congress, correct?

Did the National Guard have the legal authority to do what it did?

I think it is definitely an important issue.

I think the fact that you have pushed this oversight hearing is certainly helping move this process along.

So, I guess, let me ask Mr. Bentz here, have you looked at the legal counsel, the legal advice that the Guard relied on to institute this program for their authority?