I'm glad to hear that you are well aware of the potential problems here.

EPA's fossil fuel restrictions have greatly increased the cost of power to Hoosiers.

I wish the tragic events of May 30, 2012 never took place.

The Department of Veterans Affairs had not made an unacceptable mistake that resulted in even more pain and heartache for this family.

I truly wish my legislation wasn't necessary. It shouldn't be.

Entitlement reform is necessary. Tax reform is necessary.

By the time you get to 2017, if you assume things stay as they are now, that means there will not have been a single program that you can identify that needs to be downsized.

I appreciate the passion of my colleague, and I know that he spent an extraordinary amount of time and effort trying to pull together bipartisan support for putting together the larger plan which would incorporate a number of factors that…

I think there is light at the end of the tunnel if we can just make sure the trend lines are correct in terms of the growth of government versus the growth of the productive sector of the economy.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and let me start by commending you and Senator Thune for your bipartisan leadership on the cybersecurity issue, and by congratulating you on the introduction of S. 1353, the Cybersecurity Act of 2013.

we have had to turn to public/private partnerships. That has been very successful for us.