It's been Russian support for Assad that's prolonged this crisis.

we are in the middle of a historically important debate here in Washington. Republicans have hatched a partisan proposal behind closed doors that would shovel a trillion dollars in tax giveaways to giant corporations and the wealthy while…

As we've been talking about over the past few months, local forces trained and supported by the United States-led coalition have retaken former ISIS strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa.

But this is really important, and I really do appreciate your holding this hearing, Mr. Chairman. This is critical.

It is clear that making progress on the opioid crisis means putting resources into treating mental health disorders.

My view on this is that we owe it to our servicemembers, anyone who is put in harm's way, to have the best possible equipment.

Yes, that is really a stunning, stunning number.

I also want to note that my amendment requires that the Pentagon consider the feasibility of a blast exposure log, analogous to a servicemember's jump log for airborne operations.

I was very glad to get an amendment into this year's defense bill that requires the Pentagon to begin a longitudinal study of the blast exposure that our servicemembers experience.

We all know that traumatic brain injury can have devastating, lifelong consequences for our servicemembers and our veterans, and I am grateful for the work you are doing in this area.

This makes it difficult to conduct serious research on the therapeutic benefits of medical marijuana.

I think we need to do more and that is why I have called for an additional billion dollars of funding in next year's budget.