We can't legislate another hour in the day.

We cannot legislate another hour in the day.

I appreciate that answer, and so to be clear, you can definitely count on me among those who believe that my State of Alabama and all States should, indeed, set high standards that challenge students and build critical thinking skills.

the intrusion of the Federal Government into that process directly or indirectly is inappropriate, and it invariably comes with a political agenda from Washington.

At the end of the day, with the President's budget we are discussing today, how capable will we be to simultaneously fight two major conflicts should that become necessary?

I think we could probably all benefit from having that information in front of us.

Thank you all for being here, and a very heartfelt thank you to all of your families for their service and sacrifice as well.

I am concerned that, should a conflict break out in one region, that our adversaries in other regions may use that as an opportunity to take aggressive military action.

As a long supporter of the F-35 program, it is exciting to see how much progress the program has made.

These men and women are there because they want to be there and because they love their country.

Throughout much of your military career, it was the National Security Strategy of our country to have the ability to fight and win two major conflicts simultaneously.