Tammy Duckworth

But I would agree more funding, as we had proposed in the GROW AMERICA Act, is needed.

So once you have completed your part on the rules, how long do the states have to establish the--I mean how long do you have after you have established performance measures for the states to implement their targets?

The lack of investment in our infrastructure is something that is actually hurting our economy.

Would their funding be affected? Because here is the thing that I am worried about, right: Illinois is a State that is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Most importantly, this bipartisan act addressed my three transportation policy priorities, it provides States and industry with a certainty, it strengthens public safety, and invests in innovative, multimodal transit solutions.

Last week, I was proud to join 358 of my colleagues in the House to pass the FAST Act, which authorizes approximately $300 billion to be invested in Federal highway and public transportation projects over the next 5 years.

This important bipartisan legislation included very important provisions that consolidated service transportation programs and mandated the use of performance management measures.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I will have to rely on your expertise since I was not here when MAP-21 was passed.

I think that it is vital that we get this right, and the AUMF is part of that.

I have been a member of the leadership at VA. In fact, my frustration with this very issue is one of the reasons that I quit VA in 2011 to go run for Congress.

It's literally one of the reasons why I ran for office because I sat in those meetings every week at the Pentagon.

We know that short of putting people in bunkers and never allowing them outside of embassy compounds, we're going to have some sort of a threat to our diplomatic personnel security.

I happen to agree with you. And I think actually the LPTA requirement that I'm talking about that actually sets very inflexible standards for specifically the Department of State is actually a law passed by Congress in 1990.

Never once in our committee hearing did I hear him malign the work that was done in that ARB

I thought, was well conducted and well thought out.

This committee, as it's been in the news the last several weeks, has been yet one more step in denigrating this institution.

I didn't think this committee should have been formed in the first place, but if it was going to be formed, the least we could do would be to actually focus on the four brave Americans who were killed, why they were killed, and focus on…

I find that the Department of Defense Quadrennial Review is really good at instilling culture throughout the Department.

We can keep having committees to look into Benghazi, but we never act on them.

I believe that the procedure that the State Department had for these types of incidents was to actually hold what are called Emergency Action Committee hearings on the ground immediately.

There was clearly inadequate security, but the focus there was not on partisanship, not on embarrassing the Reagan administration, but on actually figuring out what happened and how we can better protect Americans.

Thanks to the great Secretary Ray LaHood, we were able to actually extend and upgrade the Elgin-O'Hare Expressway.

The very women who are willing to lay down their lives to defend the Constitution of this great Nation were denied services under the Hyde Amendment for abortion services, especially as a result of rape or incest.

I, myself, have received services from Planned Parenthood... it was a lifesaver.

As a military woman who just retired after 23 years of service, I would like to ask you to talk a little bit about the services that Planned Parenthood has provided to military men and women and their families for the past several decades.