We cannot afford to be here a year from now discussing how we can dig ourselves out of yet another Postal crisis.

Senator Carper's bill would require an assessment of the USO.

That is a sense of urgency that all of us on this panel need to feel--all of us.

What we really have been doing with the Postal Service is requiring them to maintain this universal network.

Thank you so much for joining us and thank you for your testimony and for your kind words.

We spend a fair amount of time on this Committee focusing on root causes, as opposed to symptoms of problems.

ISIS and ISIS-inspired attacks remain a major threat in this country.

We do not need to engage in demagoguery or run from our moral obligations in order to keep Americans safe.

One of the most important jobs of our government--in fact, State and Federal and local as well--is to make sure that our people are safe.

In an earlier existence, as a Governor, I was a founding Vice Chairman of something called the 'American Legacy Foundation.'

We spent about a quarter of a trillion dollars in the last 10 years to fortify the border... but we spent about one percent of that... addressing the root causes of emigration factors.

When we make careless comments about the nature of Islam or the need to keep Muslims out of the United States for political purposes, we feed ISIS's narrative that the United States is at war with Muslims.

James Lankford asked really good questions, a very perceptive fellow, and talked about the idea of having a VA in the future.

I feel very fortunate.

You will have one chance to put together a world-class team around you, and the people who elected you.

if it is not perfect, make it better.

I mentioned to the Presiding Officer in our brief conversation before I came to the podium that one of the things I try to do every month or so is come to the floor, usually when things are slower and there is not a lot going on, to talk…

I always say my sons. We know you are proud.

I started with saying the first year I was going to revitalize, reengage, and reinvent the agency, and I also said it was the year of the employee. Well, after 6 years as Chairman, I realize every year is the year of the employee.

If you have it, nothing else matters. If you do not have it, nothing else matters.

Leadership is important. I think one of the important factors is to establish some core values-- transparency, accountability of leadership, communication, and I think those are values that should be embedded in an agency, regardless of…

we want to treat other people the way we would want to be treated, and we feel like there is an obligation with respect to judicial nominations.

I think one way to keep R&D jobs in the United States is to have a permanent R&D credit.

I'd like to ask about the timeline for ratification of the BEPS Action on permanent establishment (PE).

While we have been talking a lot about tax reform in this country, other places have actually been doing it.