I just hope we can handle the budget today.

The budget obviously articulates the priorities of today, but it also talks a lot about what our priorities are for the future.

The Congress can do even more by passing bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve the way Medicare pays physicians.

I hear about it with respect to citizens. Apparently, you are in virtually every corner of the country and taking your family.

The timing is exquisite. Yesterday the Vatican announced that this Sunday would be an international day of prayer against human trafficking.

I am really advocating about the prevention in the Department of State, and I will diligently work for that.

The one--you know, for every one reported case, there are 44 that go unreported. That is a pretty sobering statistic.

The powers that be noted that this Committee was entirely too youthful and vigorous and they wanted to add somebody with graying hair and receding hair to it, and that is why I am here.

There are some members of the Budget Committee here and we are starting to work on that right now, so I appreciate that comment.

A lot of your testimony has focused on multi-disciplinary approach in Maine, the pulling together the stakeholders.

I think increased funding--I know that is the refrain, but I think, again, it is really needed here.

Mr. President, it is widely recognized that relationship violence and campus sexual assault are major issues facing our Nation. According to the Department of Justice more than 290,000 Americans are victims of rape and sexual assault each…

I view India and the Indian navy as a partner of growing importance as we look at this pivot to Asia.

Sequester doesn't just affect defense by affecting the Department of Defense. The nondefense accounts, Department of Energy being one, that are affected by sequester also have a significant effect on our national security.

If you can make a major advance on this audit issue, then we will put a statue of you up out here.

You would expect, I guess, that if the other service branches go under for the first time in 2015, it is not likely that they are going to get a clean audit the first time around?

Congress and the President should repeal the Budget Control Act immediately and return as soon as possible to at least the funding baseline proposed in Bob Gates' FY 2012 defense budget.

I want to get back on track to getting enough money for defense by getting rid of sequester.