"we are going to buy future capability even though we can't really make the math work for present capacity."
"we keep getting it pulled out from under us and putting all our eggs in the basket of some sort of future, magical third offset thing."
"what are we doing now, today, to deter the PLA from attempting an invasion of Taiwan?"
"We have got to fund readiness, because if we don't have a ready force, we don't have a force."
"Unfortunately, when a budget comes over without a FYDP and without a 30-year shipbuilding plan, it, frankly, makes your job a lot harder."
"As you know the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world at great cost to our society."
"According to one study our country spends 80 billion dollars a year on incarceration, and up to one trillion dollars in collateral costs to communities and to families annually."
"Unfortunately, we only spend a fraction of that on workforce development programs that help people gain the skills they need to obtain good-paying long-term jobs."
"Gainful employment was at the top of the list when it came to the factors that reduce an individual's likelihood to commit crimes in the future."
"There's no way you can ever say you're sorry to that 7 year old girl who now has to live with this all of her life."
"Community eligibility is a win/win for schools and students."
"On April 4th, the House passed an OSHA bill, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare Workers and Social Workers."