How many more do you think before we at least do them what seems to be common decency, giving them the ability to defend themselves?

This is reminiscent of the 1930s to me, and Neville Chamberlain might be proud.

I believe the Department should prioritize continuing to assist Taiwan's effort to incorporate asymmetric concepts and capabilities into its defense.

I believe the Nation will benefit from a competitive, domestic renewable fuels industry.

The United States should also maintain the capacity to resist any resort to force or coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social and economic system, of the people of Taiwan.

What do I tell the taxpayers at the next town hall meeting that we wasted $1 billion on a program that never even begun at all, and no one was held responsible?

Does that mean you are going to hold people accountable?

the politician's prayer is that the words that I utter today be tender and sweet because tomorrow I may have to eat them.

It is absolutely unacceptable.

I think we can do far, far better than we have done, and we need to do far, far better than we have done.

I see nothing wrong with bringing in an outside auditor to look at the whole situation

The lack of a coherent strategy has resulted in the spread of ISIL around the world to Libya, Egypt, Nigeria, and even to Afghanistan.

The next Chairman will have to prepare our military to confront the most diverse and complex array of global crises since the end of World War II.

This would create a security vacuum, and we have seen what fills similar kinds of vacuums in Syria and Iraq.

Vladimir Putin's Russia continues its onslaught in Ukraine.

I have repeatedly stated that sequestration is not the approach that we need to address our Nation's fiscal challenges.

I was in eastern Ukraine and watched the surveillance video that was made by the Ukrainians showing the gradual buildup of Russian forces inside Ukraine.

I hope that you will keep in mind your obligation to the President but also to the men and women who are serving who we may have to send into harm's way and make sure they are provided with the best capabilities.