Steve Womack: “There is a reason why we are in this fix right now. And we can blame it on taxes.”

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.

Testing the boundaries a little, I would expect that.

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.