"I think the thing that’s special right now is we actually believe there’s a chance to succeed, that there’s an administration that’s supportive and a great cabinet and just a great group that will act..."
"I think we always hate for tragedies to trigger, you know, something that we study but we don't do anything about."
"These events at Fort Hood have been incredibly tragic, and there are many families who are still grieving..."
"In my district, El Paso, Fort Bliss, we are still searching for Private Richard Halliday."
"the level of detail that we are getting here is just not acceptable for us to exercise our oversight"
"we just need to hear better what the hell is going on so that we can exercise our oversight"
"I am taken aback as well by the language that you are developing in maturing the plan"
"one of the best but least known components of a good absentee ballot system is ballot tracking."
"I express as well as my colleagues condolences to the family of Specialist Guillen, and others."
"We are still struggling, aren't we?"
"We believed that maybe the messages are not strong enough from our leaders."
"I hope we are better than that. But I worry that as we continue to come back that is not always the case."