I have always made known my preference for giving parents the choice of where to send their students.

I hope this administration will be different than the last administration, though, in determining that the NIH is essential to protecting human life and property.

I was disappointed the Senate Minority Leader basically was threatening to shutdown the Government over, you know, not building a southern border defense.

Thank goodness we have a president who says don't do drugs because of a personal tragedy in his family of addiction.

Look, I agree with the framework of the President's budget. The bottom is, we do have to finally prioritize spending.

I thank the Senator from Illinois for her important remarks just now and for her leadership and her friendship to so many of us. She has been an extraordinary hero of mine, personally, and so many of us look to her leadership. So I thank…

I do think that the message that comes from the government about drugs is important.

Dr. Volkov... does believe it is a gateway drug.

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I do not have what I need today against the current threats.

I believe it represents a tremendous opportunity for the United States at large and for PACOM in particular in the mil-to-mil space.

I think the modernizing of our nuclear deterrent is absolutely critical to our Nation for our survival.

I think that sends a powerful signal of solidarity with our South Korean ally.

Our current and future operational plans, for both steady state and conflict, must continue to consider climate change impacts.

I have to be careful when I talk hypersonics in an open hearing. I am concerned about Chinese and Russian hypersonic weapons development.

I think that we must improve our ability to defend against and conduct--defend against hypersonic weapons and develop our own hypersonic weapons.

As I said earlier, I do not think that it poses too much of a difficulty for a Nation like the United States.

I have to respond to people in my district who say, you know, given what 'Kumu Hina' is about, my district doesn't care whether CPB produces that.

It is clearly a matter of when.

I probably have a tenth of my requirements are fulfilled.

We share democratic values with India. We are the world's two largest democracies.

There is no doubt in my mind, Chairman.

9 out of 10 mega-cities in the world are in the Pacific Command's area of responsibility.

The best thing that the Congress can do to help me today is end sequestration and give us a budget.