Duncan Hunter

Providing more information about educational quality to families and communities is essential to improving K-12 schools in America.

Thank you again for your important contribution to the work of the Committee.

Congress should consider providing money to states to advance the use of this technology.

Thank you for testifying before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education at the hearing entitled, 'Education Research: Identifying Effective Programs to Support Students and Teachers'.

The RELs are not working well in that much of the work they produce is of little relevance to the needs of those responsible for schools in their regions.

But I actually stood on a property in western Pennsylvania where this drilling and exploration is going on, and it is on a reservoir property.

The federal government, in my view, should not stand in the way of the use of computer adaptive testing.

The question with Keystone Excel might be now not even a question of whether.

As I indicated in my testimony, the RELs are not working well in that much of the work they produce is of little relevance to the needs of those responsible for schools in their regions.

We know part of it is the economic situation we are in, and we know we have got to get out of that situation.

Regulation of oil and gas operations is best accomplished at the State level. A one-size-fits-all approach to regulation is not a viable option to ensure the highest level of safety and environmental protection.

Now, I wish I shared the ranking member's enthusiasm that this is only a matter of not whether we are going to ever use these resources, but how.

I am concerned at some of the steps recently taken to expand regulation and oversight on our industry that has done nothing to warrant such action.

he who controls the ocean controls the world, and he who controls space controls the ocean.

Think back 50 years ago to World War II, putting a Marine general in charge of anybody would have created an uproar; but we were able to do it, so hurrah for that.

I am a fiscal conservative, but I still believe it is necessary to invest in America's transportation, infrastructure, and to stimulate the economy and keep it strong.

Explain to us what you mean by 'irrevocable,' and how can a cut do damage that can't be corrected the next year with some extra money?

not having a global influence is not an option, but it is if a trillion dollars' worth of cuts goes into effect over the next 10 years.

Isn't our primary Constitutional duty to defend our Nation?

If we as a government make these cuts, we will deprive the U.S. Navy of a future in the Western Pacific.

We have to streamline the bureaucracy. I know that is easier said than done.

We will not be the dominant force; in fact, we will be a subservient force in the western Pacific.

If we have these draconian cuts that are proposed, we are going to lose the ability to protect our carrier battle groups in those areas of the far Pacific.

Should sequestration come to pass and our military be devastated, as we have predicted, another chapter could be added to that book.

We also need to punish this manipulation of the yuan, of their currency, which gives them an advantage.