I commend the president for acting because the intelligence showed an urgency to get in or they were going to kill this American hostage anyway.

On rollcall No. 541, I was off the floor in a meeting and missed this second vote in the series. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yes.'' ____________________

I think you acknowledged from an earlier question, this is an area that is going to be wrought with fraud.

I disagree with you. The statue is very clear at present that these illegals who are in this country are to be removed once they are located.

Aren't these exigent circumstances?

participating in Medicare and Social Security, both of which are struggling financially through solvency, to have this added burden I think is irresponsible.

It is only a matter of the when, not the if, that we are going to see something traumatic.

We're seeing multiple nation-states invest in those kinds of capabilities.

That's a troubling development for us.

It enables you to shut down very segmented, very tailored parts of our infrastructure that forestall the ability to provide that service to us as citizens.

Why should we approve an authorization that doesn't give you, General Dempsey, and you, Secretary Hagel, the ability to do what it takes to win the war?

I believe that the indecisiveness at the White House has led to a lot of the problems and the challenges that we are facing today.

It's just a matter of the Secret Service upping their game to make sure that they can maintain that every detail matters.

I thank the chairman. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the rule and passage of H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014. This legislation would stop another unlawful regulatory…

I continue to hear from people in Tennessee who lost their health plan. They liked it. They can't keep it.

we are hearing from some of our Tennessee insurance carriers, they are going to have a 19 percent increase in the health insurance premiums in 2015.

having an insurance card is not the same as having medical care.

Do you believe the administration owes it to the people's representatives in Congress to keep it informed on these matters?

Considering the millions of dollars that the Congress has authorized for Iron Dome, the Congress should request data on the performance of Iron Dome from Israel.

It has been reported that Ukraine has asked for the deployment of a PATRIOT battery to defend its territory. Is there any good reason not to deploy it?

What is the damage down to our alliances when we make such silly-looking deployments?

We have spent years trying to convince Russia that our missile defenses aren't about them.

Withdrawing from treaty is one strong possibility.

In 2009, the administration sent Poland a PATRIOT battery, with no missile interceptors. The Poles called this deployment a 'potted plant.'

I am a strong advocate that the United States needs to remain the superpower that it is.