Richard Shelby

We can't fall behind, can we not?

How much, roughly, do we buy from Russia? I know we buy more from Russia than just these engines.

With threats around the world ranging from ISIL and rogue nations on one end, to increasingly assertive near-peer competitors on the other, it is an important time to focus on innovation and investments in our advanced capabilities.

If you cannot find one egregious example where you can apply this, I would be surprised.

If a drug is overpriced, it is not accessible to a consumer.

After last year's significant increase in the National Institutes of Health, it's time to again make research funding a national priority.

It's a risky decision. It's a decision that I don't support and hope that at the end of this process our committee will not look at what the administration has asked for, but look at what we would hope to be able to do.

If everything is a priority, nothing is a priority, and the hard work of this committee, with really lots of talent on both sides of the aisle, is to figure out what we can do about those priorities.

Doing nothing sends the opposite message, that it's fair game, open season, for whatever price increases they wish.

I believe strongly in the promise of medical research and what that medical research does for individuals and families and the economy and taxpayers.

The National Cancer Moonshot Initiative is an important opportunity to speed progress on childhood cancers.

By 2050, according to figures from NIH, the cost to treat and care for those suffering from just Alzheimer's alone is anticipated to be $1.1 trillion of today's dollars.

Aggregate credit availability has been increasing recently, as you said.

Your job is also to follow the law.

Your job is also to follow the law, is it not?

The Committee will come to order.

Because of the Bureau's structure and the means by which it is financed, it remains one of least accountable agencies in the Federal Government.

This Thursday, we will hear from Director Richard Cordray.

We respectfully request that you make it a funding priority to include $8,000,000 for the NOAA Marine Debris Program.

I hope that the President will follow the law, the Dodd-Frank Act, which Senator Warren had a lot of influence in.

I believe enforcing the law is important to maintain confidence in our markets and to deter misconduct.

It is my belief in my 44 years of experience that public housing is itself a failed business model.

I think that decisions are best made when they are made on the local level.

Well, I think we have a lot of work to do in the subcommittee, but with Senator Mikulski's experience and help, maybe we can work through it.

Asking for less invites delay, increased costs, and inefficient program management, I believe.