I think this hearing is, I think, a very important one for our Nation.

the Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower... focused on the fact that our surface forces are critical to making that strategy work.

If there is a gap in terms of, you know, the rules versus your operating, we want that information because, frankly, there are other ways to solve that problem rather than weakening standards.

I think, you know, expressed a pretty powerful support for maintaining the nutritional standards that were in the 2010 bill.

the sort of changing technology and capabilities out there are about as threatening as existed back at the time of World War I.

this committee should look at the big picture here in terms of just what is national defense really

education is one of those that could "pay the price," quote, unquote, if we just had a sort of lopsided approach to dealing with sequestration.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you for starting sort of the opening bell here for the next reauthorization effort...

now is the time to do it.

the fact is it was the Senate Finance Committee that, frankly, adopted a lot of economic thought, that taxing health benefits has been a mistake in America going back to World War II.

this is still a flawed mechanism; that the incidence of tax is gonna hit basically regions of the country geographically.

We are now into year two of the exchange operations. And again, we have seen dramatic increases in terms of uninsured.

Rates went down. They didn't go up in 2015. The savings were in the millions to both small employers, individual health care plans, and across the board.

if we are gonna get off of the political theater and really focus on legislating, we can actually I think do some good things.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York. I rise in opposition to the rule and to the previous question, as she just stated, would allow consideration of H.R. 1434, the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act. Mr. Speaker, there is an…

And we have to--we are going to need a safe, secure, and reliable deterrent as far into the future as I can see.

But, frankly, it was nothing but high praise from the Navy partners in terms of the work that the Coast Guard was doing in that mission.

I think when historians write the book on this administration, one of the overlooked achievements was the New START treaty.

The money has to come from somewhere, and we are going to have to make difficult tradeoffs, particularly in the decade between 2020 and 2030.

Why can't people like yourself, sir, be honest with the American people who pay our salaries, who pay for the military, and say, 'You know what? We need to rethink where we are.'

There is just no margin for delay in terms of making sure that we are going to be able to implement New START.

I think you will agree that this is a vital piece of our ability to execute the national military strategy regardless of area of responsibility.

I want to, first of all, salute Congressman Doggett for his effort in terms of bringing this legislation forward. As the chairman of the committee said, this is really about giving patients a fighting chance to challenge this coding, a…

What I think is frankly even more horrifying is when people are graduating with high debt and what you would I think almost call junk degrees.

And I just think it is something that, you know, my experience with the land-grant college in Connecticut, University of Connecticut, which sadly didn't make it to the playoffs this year, the big dance, but, you know, they embraced the…