Duncan Hunter

Over the last decade the Coast Guard, post 9/11, has greatly expanded its mission, mostly in the security arena.

I would give you the same words that I give my DOD friends. I served in the Marine Corps three tours overseas: two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

But I understand you are not going to do any civilian furloughs, is that right?

we are not going to be in a big air war again, we are not going to be in any more pitched naval battles.

I am concerned about the troops that are going to be deployed next year to Afghanistan, and are they getting the proper total training that they need now.

I think it is way past time that we start putting our own country and our own people first once again

I am tired of our President being a little bit AWOL on this subject.

None of you in uniform have ever made the decision to go to war. That is always done by civilians.

It is morally irresponsible to try to balance the financial woes on the backs of our men and women in uniforms.

this is not a budgetary issue. These are strategic consequences that we are dealing with.

I do not believe women should be segregated.

To me, the sexual assault cases at Lackland demonstrate what happens when leadership fails.

I believe the following steps that are being taken will have a positive effect on the training environment at Lackland.

Increasing instructor-to-student ratio is an absolute must.

Our job as enlisted leaders is to find the standard and make everyone absolutely understand that we have no problem removing anybody in a blink of an eye if they cross that standard.

I agree we should increase the number of female MTIs to at least the percentage that they are in the Air Force.

I thank the gentleman from Texas. And my good friend from Missouri, thank you for your kind words about Mac--Nelson ``Mac'' MacWilliams. See, he passed away about a year ago on December 20, 2011, in an unfortunate car accident that cost…

If we build it, I don't know if they will come. And that is not how we play with taxpayers' money.

We absolutely need one, and we need one without offsets.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my unfortunate honor to come before you and speak about a true son of America who lost his battle with cancer 6 days ago on November 22. I have an article here from the local paper in San Diego talking about…

the greatest threat to America's national security... is our debt.

if the President is sincere in his desire to avoid these national defense cuts, then he should also be sincere in proposing a specific plan.

the agreement that was reached with respect to sequestration was because that is what the White House demanded.

if I can do one thing, it would be making sure that this country never goes down the road of nation building again.

Delays are not just an annoyance. They cost money, real money, and have real economic consequences.