You said, yesterday, that you inherited a date, but in fact, you did not inherit the date.

I appreciate your willingness to change your point of view in part because of the conditions that have developed in the most recent weeks.

I thought President Trump was wrong to enter into an agreement to withdraw. I thought President Biden was wrong to enter into an agreement--or to continue with that agreement to withdraw.

I guess I would like to focus more on the moral stain of leaving people behind and understand what we can do to make sure that we are not leaving people behind.

I, for one, thought some years ago that we should withdraw from Afghanistan. The conditions that I saw in the ensuing years convinced me that I was wrong.

I think, in reality, we are talking about two.

Hope is not a strategy.

I am focused on the word replaced.

Even with no troops there?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Given the fact that you are convinced that the Biden administration will not misuse this AUMF...

When Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell vote for the same bill, you know one thing, one of them hasn’t read it.

Our patients are not exactly worried about their safety, right? They are worried about living.

My colleagues and constituents back home often communicate to me that the FDA needs to be less risk-averse.

There will always be details that have to be worked out but I`m pretty optimistic at this stage, nothing is a 100 percent but it looks pretty good.

In many cases a reservation has been suggested as the only solution in spite of strong opposition from most park visitors and local communities and that is something I strongly oppose.

I think there are some who perhaps have a reflexive reluctance to make any changes to the way we do NEPA analysis.

I would urge you and other members of this Administration to reconsider whether this is an appropriate choice. It is not.