Not if it increases the deficit and debt $108 billion a year. No, sir, I am not. And the American people are not. And the American people are getting fed up with it.

There is the one element of this bill which is a necessary program for all of the United States, particularly for flood-prone areas. It is 1 percent of the overall bill, but it is zero percent of the deficit and debt increase. It has no…

The administration has seemingly put the Dodd-Shelby Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (S. 2799) on hold in Congress.

I was very happy to hear the distinguished chairman of the Finance Committee absolutely promise that the ObamaCare bill will reduce the deficit, and the CBO projects that. The problem is, I think the American people have a very different…

this amendment is very simple, and it goes to the heart of all of these arguments. This amendment would repeal this new ObamaCare plan. All of us on this side urge this action and urge us to focus instead on a focused step-by-step approach…

this amendment is very straightforward. It would repeal the ObamaCare bill. That bill is fatally flawed in terms of its core, and we do need to repeal and replace it with a very different, more targeted, focused, step-by-step approach…

This amendment would pass my Mobile Mammography Act, S. 2051. This amendment would allow mobile mammography units to purchase fuel without the Federal excise tax. This is exactly similar to an existing exemption for blood centers. These…

again like so many Americans, I was deeply disappointed by last night's House vote. At its core, that health care reform legislation will put the government between us and our doctors. It will raise health care costs significantly. That is…

the men and women serving this country deserve the very best facilities and care

I stand to talk about health care on this significant day, the day after the House passed the ObamaCare bill and the day before the reconciliation bill comes here to the Senate. Needless to say, I am deeply disappointed by the House's…

As the President stated in his December 1 West Point address, our core goal remains the same: to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and to prevent it from threatening America and our allies in the future.

in 2005 we passed the CF program, which is revenue sharing for States, for coastal conservation and other purposes. Unfortunately, that money has been very slow to get to States. Only 15 percent that was supposed to have been distributed…

This amendment is real simple. It is about the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, CIAP, which was established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. This program is very important for energy-producing States. It takes some revenue from that…

Leadership was an essential element in inspiring people to feel they are doing important work and are valued for it.

Given assured access to space is a national interest, do you believe NASA should be partially responsible for addressing the cost increases?

Was the Air Force explicitly asked the impact on you of canceling Constellation before the decision was made?

I was extremely pleased to learn that the Air Force made a budget request in fiscal year 2010 to recertify the Barksdale weapons storage area (WSA), and Congress ultimately appropriated $77 million for the project.

I do believe we're at a particularly critical time and a turning point for the DOD nuclear enterprise.

This proposed multi-billion dollar program must be thoughtfully planned across the Department and every effort should be taken to ensure that the appropriate acquisition management assessments take place for program execution.

the 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) made the decision to develop a follow-on bomber

We increased the reliability to ensure that we would stay very far away from ever having to conduct an underground test.

the NPR constrains our the ability to design new weapons and exercise the scientific capabilities necessary for the development of even safer and more secure weapons.

This investment is important for the safety and security of nuclear weapons, what we have now.

Was the route that was taken--did it, in part, come from you, or was it enforced on the Air Force?

What steps are being taken to ensure that Defense recoups the technologies it has already funded?