Paul Broun

As far as I am concerned, as a physician, as a scientist, this is totally unethical, and totally unacceptable.

We will continue to prosecute the clash of civilizations started by President Bush and accelerated by President Obama and Mrs. Clinton.

We will continue preaching democracy but readily intervene to undermine or destroy democratically-elected regimes in places like Palestine and Egypt.

We will continue to support tyranny in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Algeria, and wherever we find it useful in the Muslim world.

We will continue to unquestioningly arm and support Israel.

The first and most important motivation of these young American Muslims to go to war is the interventionist foreign policy of the United States

I think all of us would be very eager to make sure that that happens.

Utilizing them as a 'silver bullet' is absolutely not appropriate

We can't have launch date slips because any further launch date slips like what happened on GOES, it appears insignificant, it is actually significant because it affects the backup situation.

Can you give us a number?

I would appreciate it. We are going to give you some questions to answer for the record.

We need to look at all options to mitigate potential breakdowns in our forecasting ability.

It will defeat the purpose of this hearing if our questions are sidestepped through the use of bureaucratic doublespeak, as that will only try our patience and will waste our limited and valuable time.

If money is so tight and our weather satellite programs are so vulnerable, then perhaps the Administration needs to evaluate its priorities and determine which is more important: near-term weather monitoring, which can save lives and…

Killing more Syrians won't deter Iranian resolve to confront us.

Are we really willing as a Nation to put the lives of our soldiers at risk to serve a purpose unrelated to our vital National interests?

Perhaps after more than half a century we might take a page from the Eisenhower era and accept the premise that saying no is the best of a very bad set of strategic alternatives.

We know how this war will begin but no one in the administration can postulate how it will end.

Such conflicts are by their nature the most intractable, ruthless, long-lasting, and bloody of any form of warfare.

We should not put American lives at risk to make up for a slip of the tongue about red lines.

We have to be a Nation governed by law and due process, and that is the whole reason for this hearing.

My position has always been, if the Pebble mine will harm the fisheries and environment, as some believe, it should not be allowed.

I cannot support actions by a Federal agency that disregards laws that already exist that provide a level playing field for both industry and environmentalists alike.

As I stated in my opening statement, I am an avid hunter, fisherman and conservationist.

That process is in place and it takes us very far downfield to making a good decision.