Austin Scott

But we are here today because this has an important impact on global trade.

An initial step would be the passage of Congressman Austin Scott's bill to limit drone surveillance in the United States in cases where a warrant has not been first obtained.

In June, House Representative Austin Scott (R-FL) introduced legislation to expand this protection, requiring all law enforcement to first obtain a warrant before conducting any criminal surveillance.

a first step would be the consideration and passage of Congressman Scott's bill to limit the use of drone surveillance in criminal investigations without a warrant.

And I think the impact on our soldiers from not having a plan is going to be devastating.

But the fact of the matter is, sequestration is the law of the land.

We are cutting a group of people that are out there protecting our individual personal freedoms.

The majority of the cuts are going to go to fund entitlement programs under this administration.

The bottom line is the military and those who serve in the military ... are taking it on the chin with indiscriminate slicing.

Most of the soldiers I speak with, they are very modest and understand that we have a significant deficit.

I think it is safe to say it is under 1 percent.

But with all due respect, the general belief from the administration seems to be that health care should be free for everybody other than the people in the military, and if you are in the military then they are going to get a five-fold…

But I guess my question, getting back to this--with all of the challenges that we have going on in America right now with regard to the economy, the proposal for the TRICARE Prime increase--are you aware of any other increase that is as…

I think the penalties need to be stiffer. I truly believe that.

And I share the concerns of the other Committee Members about the money that my constituents lost.

So obviously, then, that is not enough to stop it from happening if we are doing it right now and it hasn't stopped it.

Obviously, some of the information that was given to us we did not agree with and felt like there should have been a business case analysis prior to the decisions being made.

I appreciate his commitment on that, and I want to ask you for your support, that the program managers will continue to operate the way they currently do.

If you look at the CFTC website, it says that swaps were the center of the 2008 financial crisis, and I would think that maybe an improper use of swaps or abuse of swaps might be a better description of what happened there.

I just once again would like to point out that end-users didn't cause this problem, and I hope that we are able to work in a bipartisan fashion to get the exemptions for the end-users.

On rollcall vote 765, I was unavoidably detained by a conflicting vote and questioning occurring at the same time in the Financial Services Committee meeting. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay.'' ____________________

Government programs have a beginning, a middle, and no end.

Every American out there has had to adjust their budget down to deal with the realities of this economy.

They want a plan for where we are going. They understand that we are all going to have to give some now so that our children and our grandchildren can again have the benefit of being an American.

I personally think you get there by more access to capital markets and reducing the regulatory burden on small businesses.