Regrettably, the President's recently announced plan for Afghanistan fell far short in providing the details necessary to understand this purported new direction.

I have been to Afghanistan four times, and it is extraordinary, extraordinary to me, to see what our soldiers are accomplishing under extraordinarily, extraordinarily difficult circumstances.

This is an extremely timely hearing on our ongoing military involvement in Afghanistan.

I was inadvertently delayed on rollcall numbers 585 and 586. Had I been in attendance, I would have voted ``yes'' on rollcall No. 585 and ``yes'' on rollcall No. 586. Amendment No. 6 Offered by Mr. Cartwright The Acting CHAIR. The…

I want to take a special moment just to thank you and to thank Ranking Member Kelly for holding this hearing.

You are the first to hold a public hearing on the hacking of our election.

It has been a very long time since Members of Congress have been asking to have an investigation on the interference of a foreign government.

One of the difficulties here that I know my colleagues are struggling with is really identifying the metrics for success.

I just cannot see how flooding the streets with another drug is going to help.

I have joined with Mr. Rothfus and a large group of Democrats and Republicans writing to President Trump asking him to reestablish the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy as a Cabinet-level position.

I totally support that. Believe me, I don't think people should be thrown in jail for smoking marijuana.

First of all, I thank the gentleman very much for accepting the amendment. I agree, there may be some other areas that are not particularly addressed, such as the LNG situation. Obviously, we want to increase the level of safety with…