"Thank you for this opportunity to testify in favor of the Risk Retention Modernization Act of 2014."
"Yes, this is a real tragedy. I mean, after the 2009 shooting, this incredible military family of Fort Hood is going through another real disaster."
"It's going to be an active shooting because there was a second shooter reported, very similar to the report we got in the Hasan shooting initially."
"So I am waiting for the answer 'no.'"
"I am going to ask you the question that I get asked constantly. It is the number-one question I get asked by privates and generals, active duty and retired."
"I have been in Congress for 12 years, and in that 12-year period of time we have talked about the issue Mrs. Lowey raised."
"I represent Fort Hood, and the community that I represent has a keen interest in this issue."
"I would like your opinion as to what you think--and the Secretary's opinion--about what you think our Army involvement potentially could be in PACOM."
"When I was in Taiwan in October, everybody, including the cab drivers, were telling me that they needed their F-16s."
"We look forward to that report in May. It is important to our community."
"The enemy in the drug wars never stops. They will find alternate sources, when we plug one hole, they find another one."