"I have in my district right now a situation with a boot manufacturer that has been a small business and always been rated as small business."
"I want to protect the employee. I understand that. But do you have an answer on how the language can be put together, other than saying, 'Okay, we think this goes too far'? Because my final job, I fee..."
"I don't like big government a lot. I really don't. I think we kind of overstep many things."
"we end up putting undue strain or a heavy collar and a heavy burden on our producers when we are trying to compete in a worldwide market."
"the lifeblood, economically, of our communities where we have National Forests is in good timber harvesting."
"I was around when the lake was-- I was around driving with my grandfather in a truck when the dam was built for that."
"the Corps has successfully built a $648 million hospital at Fort Bliss."
"why is VA qualified to build a lemonade stand, let alone a multi-million dollar facility?"
"the VA proudly announces some reform or initiative that will allegedly fix the problems."
"I strongly urge the committee to authorize the Navy's request for an additional 12 F/A-18 aircraft for the coming fiscal year."
"Our Nation's heroes are being sold the idea that all they need to do is get a degree from anywhere and jobs will be presented to them on a silver platter."