"Hearings like this give us the opportunity to have some accountability and transparency to how our tax dollars are being spent, and to examine if our efforts in Central Asia are worthwhile pursuits, which I believe they are."
"It is a very dangerous and short-sighted game to ignore the long term strength that comes to a society when we base our policies on standing firmly and strongly for our most profound values."
"I think that we have historically viewed the Muslim Brotherhood as a very dangerous organization with values and principles and platforms utterly inimical to our American values and democracy."
"Anybody with eyes to see can understand that many of the gravest threats facing our nation today from a national security and a terrorism, anti-terrorism perspective are coming from societies where re..."
"I think it is also sadly a reality that Morsi is probably now relatively speaking moderate as against some of the really extreme Salafis who are part of his coalition."
"Egypt must recognize that its greatest threat is not Israel, but rather the scourge of extremism and violence."
"I feel personally that is why we are seeing such an upheaval of that in the Middle East."
"In these tough economic times, it is absolutely necessary for us to scrutinize every dollar that the American people spend."
"Are they stable enough to receive that in lieu of the fact that we have got these tanks and the airplanes going over there?"
"What I want to know is, what are they trying to accomplish? I know peace is the ultimate thing."
"I want to know what they are doing to encourage that more than we should be."