Thank you, Chairman Weber, for holding this hearing. And thank you to our witnesses for appearing here today.

That sounds more like ideology than economics to me.

Well, also because not a single commercial entity can internalize all of the generated profit, isn't that correct? Isn't that the essence of a public good?

America is mired in a long-term negative energy trade balance.

The authority granted in subsection (a) does not authorize the use of the United States Armed Forces in enduring offensive ground combat operations.

I think the issue that we need to be looking at is trying to broaden terminology and understand that it is the tenets or organizations and groups that adhere to this ideology and make it broad enough that if one pops up in a different…

I have real problems with that also, not only because it is--I don't know what it means.

I think we should aim higher than that.

My bill, H.R. 189: the 'Servicemember Foreclosure Protections Extension Act of 2015', would extend for one calendar year the foreclosure and eviction protections that currently exist for active duty members of our military forces and…

I look forward to what this committee, under the leadership of two Floridians, will be able to accomplish for our nation's veterans during the 114th Congress.

My bill will ensure that the steps taken to come up with this roadmap are transparent, and that all stakeholders are fully engaged in making sure that we provide the resources that our commitment to our veterans demands.