Steve Womack: “It is a great honor to be the ranking member on Financial Services and General Government.”

Before I close, let me say, as most of my colleagues know and as Mr. Clyburn pointed out, my presence here today in the face of a terrible, personal hardship--the loss of my wife of over 41 years--I hope is indicative of the importance of…

General Saltzman has a very small entity... but a very important one. His mission is absolutely critical in the country.

I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors.

I think a lot of us up here would agree that the federal bureaucracy has become bloated, but I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical.