Hal Rogers

The budget you have put before us requests $2 billion in new mandatory funding, making this budget effectively DOA.

We are not going to let that happen.

So it is important that we focus on the realities that we will actually be able to handle this year in our tight budget environment, and recognize that we are simply not going to be raising taxes on the American people.

The decadal survey in my mind has always been the gold standard that NASA should follow.

NASA's image among the American people is so positive and so high that the only other function of the government that even comes close to them is the United States Marine Corps.

I cannot imagine anyone in this Congress seriously considering it.

I was proud to support him in that effort to protect the agencies under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee from cyber attacks by the Chinese.

The President chooses to ignore that problem and, frankly, only make it worse.

We owe over $19 trillion, growing uncontrollably, several trillions of it during this administration.

The projects managed by the Corps, of course, have a crucial economic impact on many communities across the country.

We have cut discretionary spending in the last 5 years by over $175 billion, and yet the debt continues to zoom.

Unfortunately, in recent years, much of the good work performed by the Corps has been overshadowed by bureaucratic hurdles and regulatory overreach.

If we continue at this pace, soon the debt interest is going to exceed what we spend for national defense.

I commend your attempts to bring about a cease-fire in Syria.

President Abbas has yet to condemn the shootings, car rammings, stabbings against innocent Israelis.

It must be vigilantly enforced, in combination with other sustained efforts to prevent Iran from ever developing nuclear weapons.

These concerns are heightened with recent sanctions relief for the regime.

I think the stability, the future stability, of the entire region depends upon this.

The importance of U.S. leadership in global affairs could never be more pronounced than now.

I hope you will reassure us that the administration will maintain its indispensable role of mediator.

I echo the concerns our leaders have just voiced about ISIS.

I want to note, as well, a word of thanks to you and President Obama for the quick action on Mount Sinjar that actually saved the lives of women and children.

American support is predicated upon the Palestinian leader's commitment to resolving all outstanding issues through direct negotiations.

I want to thank you for your efforts in trying to bring the parties together for a two-state solution.

There are 200 Members of Congress--in a bipartisan fashion, we have put our names on a resolution that is forthcoming that declares this genocide.