I'm glad to see that so many of us from California and Arizona were able to get through the snow of the East.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership which is basically a trade deal with Asia is, perhaps, the only legislation this Congress will pass.

Under the Constitution, you guys have control over trade.

Our jurisdiction includes the two nuclear powers that don't have stable governments, North Korea and Pakistan.

The economic arguments for TPP are so bad that we have to be told that somehow we're going to obtain a national security advantage.

It is a lifeline. And whatever you are being told as to when to 'take away the punchbowl,' add another 6 months...

I hope that in designating SIFIs, you would focus on the size of the liabilities, not the size of the assets.

Maximum employment means everybody who wants a job gets a job.

This is the richest terrorist organization in history.

ISIS is a lesser threat to the United States than the Shi'ite alliance.

Ground troops, if necessary to take territory, will be necessary to hold the territory.

I view this as our first hearing on the President's request for an authorization to use military force.