"The chairman and I went to Darfur 5 years ago, if I am not mistaken."
"I want to underscore your comments and those of the ranking member on the need for us to reauthorize the State Department again."
"We always brag about them, but we never have a chance to point one out because they are always somewhere overseas."
"How much do you think it would cost us to build and maintain a military base in the Middle East?"
"It is probably the best buy we have got in the entire budget for peace and security."
"I hope you'll treat this as a partnership between the Federal Government and the States, not a dictatorship from the Federal Government to the States."
"I'm one of the last remaining people who voted for No Child Left Behind in the Congress of the United States, and we caught plenty of hell for requiring too much testing."
"The difference is the State is the authority that enforces that requirement, not the Federal Government."
"Let us not let another year go past by kicking the can down the road. Let us make the reforms necessary to get the VA straightened out."
"we really want to try to take action by the end of March and have a consolidation of bills put together that give flexibility of direction and the flexibility the Secretary needs to have accountabilit..."
"I would appreciate your checking on that and being sure."