John McCain

Republicans lost control of Congress in 2006 and 2008 because we let spending get completely out of control. J.D. Hayworth was part of that. I was not.

Well, I think that certainly I've been conservative enough.

I stood up for the surge when everybody said, 'You're crazy', that it would be the end of my political ambitions.

I've always been the same, and I will always be the same.

The Marine Corps IOC date of 2012 does not appear to be achievable unless the Marine Corps accepts aircraft that are far below full combat capability

Perhaps I am disappointed that the administration is not working to improve energy technology and energy efficiency efforts in cold-climate States like Alaska.

This leaves us without a viable repository option at this point and it exposes taxpayers to billions in liability.

I hope that we can expect the first one shortly.

These policies are clearly not designed to spur more domestic production.

I am also concerned that DOE is asking for a budget increase on top of the $37 billion in additional stimulus funds.

Secretary Gates said the DDG-1000 destroyer program will breach Nunn-McCurdy's cost thresholds.

I am frankly appalled--I am appalled--that one year after the President ended the previous administration's interrogation program, that there was nothing in place, nothing in place to handle the sort of situation presented by the Christmas…

The ideal of closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility cannot be more important than protecting our American citizens from the terrorists imprisoned there.

We also must not let our desire to showcase American justice outweigh the requirement to protect our citizens.

I will not, for a period of 2 years from the date of my appointment, participate in any particular matter involving specific parties as directly and substantially related to my former employer or former clients, including regulations and…

If your former employer is involved in issues before the NLRB, you should recuse yourself from them.

I would ask to be included in the record, the letters from the National Association of Manufacturers--the Nation's largest industrial trade organization, including a letter with some 600 companies around the country, the NFIB and others…

Six hundred organizations have signed the letter.

What's the down side to waiting, say 2 months, while we can get the complete information?

The points that Senator McCain made so eloquently about crew training and standardization.

I think it's obvious that this is a rush to judgment on a program that has been plagued with billions and billions of cost overruns and waste of taxpayers' dollars.

But you agree there is a range?

Do you agree with Mr. O'Rourke's statement that the costs of this new proposal could be $700 million less and in some cases could also be as much as over $2 billion more?

The third time after the NDAA was done, the Navy has come in and said, 'Gee, we have it solved now and we need significant changes.'

It takes a lot of training and a lot of skill to man one of these ships efficiently, with the latest technology and equipment.