Yet streamlining operations can at times be distinguished from reducing the resources of Federal employees so drastically that they can't perform their jobs effectively and provide needed Government services.

It is vital that as America's representatives we meet the requirements of our military.

Our nation's heroes should not have to wait even one day to access their benefits.

No soldier should ever have to be concerned with having a roof over his or her head.

The president has decimated our Mars exploration budget, canceled our plans to return to space exploration.

It is shameful because high energy physics and our broader scientific portfolio go beyond parochial interest in local politics.

Passage of a budget is extremely important to provide a framework for controlled federal spending.

Cuts in funding for state and local preparedness grant programs... will have long-lasting repercussions on our nation's ability to prevent, mitigate, and respond to terrorist attacks and major disasters.

Unless each Congress--regardless of party affiliation--is forced to make the decisions necessary to create a balanced budget, the temptation will always be there for Congress to spend more than it receives in revenues.

I look forward to receiving testimony today on what the Department is doing to ensure that management integration issues will not continue to get in the way of the Department's need to carry out its mission of protecting the American…

Earlier this year, we had the opportunity to go back 10 years and look at the 9/11 Commission report.

The topic is extremely important, not simply for the well-being of the industry and for preserving their competitiveness in the international arena, but for our national security as a whole.