John McCain

Senator McCain. Secretary Gates, do you agree with the review's overall assessment that many new defense intelligence organizations, created after September 11, have grown too large and have largely duplicated work done elsewhere?

There was a provision in the bill that talks about a board that would decide the most effective measures to provide health care for people. Doesn't that lead to a possibility, at least opens a door to a possibility of rationing?

The most fundamental thing that we could do: to honor the sacrifices of our troops.

After all of the fooling around that we've been doing on DREAM Act, on New York City, on all of these other issues that's taken up our time, we will not have a time agreement.

And I thought that the message was pretty clear. That the American people said enough with the spending. Enough with the pork-barrel earmark spending.

John McCain spoke out against the bill. He refuses to ask for earmarks, as he always has.

And I thought that the message was pretty clear, that the American people said enough with the spending.

I guess it was my old beloved friend that said the politician's prayer is may the words I utter today be tender and sweet because tomorrow I may have to eat them. We're seeing clips all over the place. We can't extend these tax cuts for…

I'm not sure we need to give two-thirds of that tax cut of that money to the wealthiest 10 percent of America. I won't take every last dime of the surplus and spend it on tax cuts that mostly benefit the wealthy.

I guess it was my old beloved friend (INAUDIBLE) that said the politician's prayer is, 'May the words I utter today be tender and sweet because tomorrow I may have to eat them.'

I have been to the floor for 20 years saying that earmarking was a corrupt practice.

What I want to know and what it is the Congress' duty to determine is not, can our Armed Forces implement a repeal of this law, but whether the law should be repealed. Unfortunately, that key issue was not the focus of this study.

I will not agree to have this bill go forward, and neither will I believe that 41 of my colleagues will either, because our economy is in the tank.

Will we politically allow him to do what he knows he has to do and has the authority to do now...

It cannot just run a positive cash flow. While we help the cash flow in the short term, we cannot take our eyes off the objective of the long term.

I introduced legislation, the Postal Operations Sustainment and Transformation Act (POST), that I believe may be the only proposal out there now that deals comprehensively with the problems facing the Postal Service.

The key part of our bill aims to permanently fix the postal pension and retiree health issues that have been debated for quite some time now.

Going forward, the Postal Service cannot remain a part of the problem. It must become part of the solution.

I think it is important--while Senator Collins is here and Senator Carper is here, to point out, there is a difference between cash flow and profit and loss.

We ask much of our servicemembers, and put them into situations where they are living and working, day-in and day-out, under conditions that demand them to sacrifice privacy, comfort, and, at times, their separate individual interests.

Where would the money come from in the fiscal year 2011 budget?

It is surprising in light of these findings that the Working Group concluded that repeal of DADT will present low risk to the United States military.

General Ham, conversely, should the new policy permit an openly gay or lesbian military member to be afforded an opportunity to change roommates based on the roommate's sexual orientation?

At all times, we must be attentive to good order, discipline, morale, and maintaining military effectiveness.

What is the best estimate of the monetary cost to DOD and to the Services for implementing repeal?