I've said that I support health care reform in DOD. Do you agree with me that if we don't control the growth in health care costs, we will pay for it through decreased personnel and readiness?

the TRICARE Prime benefit is supposed to be cost neutral--that is, the government costs for Prime should not exceed the government costs for Standard.

What options does DOD have to achieve savings in fiscal year 2013 if the NDAA becomes law late in fiscal year 2012?

you've got the president speaking about the case and you've got the governor pulling the prosecutor off the case and putting on a special prosecutor

Higher education can't be a luxury--it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford.

The Corps has permitting responsibilities under section 404 of the Clean Water Act for development activities that may occur in wetlands.

the implications of this new approach by the New England district is bringing to a halt a lot of very important economic development projects.

I just want to make two points. The first is that I'm very concerned about the discrepancy in the way the Army Corps regulates developments that affect wetlands.

I do not know how else to say it. We will make sure we play a very active role.

But if you shift some of the Active components to some of the Reserve bases like has been done in the past, you are going to get that good value for the dollar and also stretching out the mission.

Yet, the first thing that I think we should do, quite frankly, is fix this stuff.

It is deeply, deeply concerning to me.

I feel that the Guard and Reserves are getting the short end of the stick.

I agree with that also. I am a strong proponent of women in combat, providing they fit the qualifications.

I have concerns about if we are having all this fraud, waste and abuse now, what happens if the President's health care plan stays in effect.

I just do not understand when we are giving away money, hard-earned taxpayer money, when we are cutting military by a half a trillion dollars potentially.

It makes absolutely no sense to me.

The government's role has increased, so has its inability to handle the basic functions such as making proper payments.