the more we found out that more people in this Nation today distrust politicians and government officials in Washington, D.C., than ever before in the history in this country.

this government subsidy for politicians is the most unbelievable thing that I think I have encountered since I have been here in Congress.

I expect that maybe this year we are going to go right back into that pattern of waiting until the last minute to do something.

the 2-year budget, has been--was proven effective, was it not, to create certainty?

I hope the Congress is paying attention.

I have strong concerns about how the approach by the Department of Defense in this arena seems to be geared toward, you know, producing a desired outcome with a specific vendor.

Well, all I will say, and I will leave the subject, is that it is clear that multivendor cloud environments are widely used, widely used by large organizations, for a simple reason: They increase competition, they improve security and…

So as a former Guard guy, I can tell you, Mr. Chairman, the Combat Training Center rotation is the pinnacle.

I think because we have--all of us have vetting processes of some type to send our best and brightest young men and women to these academies, a very prestigious honor, that it deserves to have the superintendents of these institutions down…

I would argue that if the institutions are so incredibly important that people around this dais would nominate their best and brightest young men and women to go there that they deserve to not be neglected from a recapitalization…

I will get off my high horse on it and beg and plead with my colleagues to look for solutions to this problem.