I share my colleague Ms. Speier's fears, and I am sure the fears of every Member of this committee, that once we leave, with the potential resurgence of the Taliban, that the Afghan women have the most to lose.

the most fundamental point for me is a real lack of opportunity. It is opportunity wasted.

Do you disagree with Mr. Blair in his assessment that DLA did not provide adequate documentation to show how the rates to be fair and reasonable?

Earlier this year, 87 of my colleagues joined me in sending a letter to the postmaster, expressing our concern that ending Saturday delivery would negatively impact the ability of Americans to receive home delivery of prescription drugs in…

If that is the case and if that contract has been indicted, why are you using them even partially as a basis for determining whether or not the rates are fair and reasonable under the Supreme contract?

I rated soldiers. In the civilian sector, if you went out and blew almost $1 billion of your company's money, you would be fired.

America's daughters deserve better. Today, in the United States, women make only 77 cents for every dollar their male peers earn. In my home State of Illinois, women earn nearly $12,000 a year less than their male counterparts. During my…

The Ryan budget once again places the burden of deficit reduction on working Americans while failing to stop the frivolous spending of subsidies for oil and gas companies that cost the American people billions of dollars every year. I'm…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My question was will you be pursuing the exact same process for the F-35 for future combat systems, especially the Next Generation 6 fighters that you are proposing now.

In fact, we are talking in the trillions of dollars eventually.

If we could just cut spending on oil and gas subsidies, we would save $4 billion.

I am concerned especially with sequestration.