An unready force is a term that should strike fear into everyone that is listening to us today.

The strategy of trying to kill these people one at a time is like dealing with the Hydra.

I think what's going on around here is an insult to the word 'chaos'.

Lack of readiness, lack of training, lack of all those things that you just listed, put American lives at risk, do they not?

Just as the Department's senior leadership is focusing on realigning the overall defense budget, identifying and eliminating duplication and increasing efficiency, we must do the same in the intelligence budgets.

Since the 1950s, our strategy with regard to nuclear weapons has been deterrence, mutually assured destruction...

I think this current uncertainty and, as you said, chaos does threaten our national security.

There's an information gap, is what the veterans told me, between leaving the military Active Duty and then going into the Veterans Administration jurisdiction.

My theory of leadership is hire good people and take credit for what they do. That's my best advice.

I am infuriated that we are in this situation. We are now seeing the fruits of--I do not know--25 or 30 years of disparaging Government employment, bureaucrats, and that kind of talk.

Will you review this policy and work to assure that compliant gear is purchased and U.S. jobs are protected?

It is bad for the taxpayers because you lose the benefit of multi-year buys, and it is also terrible for the industrial base.

I think it's important to emphasize that the sequester is not a 1-year deal.

the strategy of deterrence may work with Russia but an Iranian terrorist cell who thinks that if they die in a holy war, they are going to go straight to heaven--deterrence is not necessarily a viable strategy.

Mr. Speaker, as I listen to Mr. McCotter and reflect upon his remarks that corporations are tax collectors, that they actually don't pay taxes, it's Ronald Reagan's position, my position, Mr. McCotter's position. They will pass those costs…

reclaiming my time, no good deed goes unpunished. I'm simply complimenting the Catholics without reference to Protestants. However, I do have some data I could bring out perhaps a little later in the debate.

I drafted legislation, and I called it the God and Country Bill. It simply states that each child in America shall be taught that the United States of America is the unchallenged greatest Nation in the world, and we derive our strength…

I would have amended H.R. 2989, the Transportation, Treasury and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act of 2004, to address concerns about an unfunded mandate and ensure integrity in our voting system. However, this amendment was not in…

In conclusion, Mr. Speaker, let me again thank the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Maloney) for the tremendous cooperation she has given throughout this process. We also thank the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel) for working so closely…

Mr. Speaker, the legislation we are bringing up today is our attempt to honor those men and women who laid down their lives in the line of duty at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and in bringing down Flight 93 on September 11. No…

the patent issue is a separate issue from reimportation, but we are all interested in making drugs affordable and accessible to the seniors of America. The Republican Party has made that one of its top issues this year. To just review the…

I rise this evening to urge all Members to support H.R. 2751, the General Shelton Congressional Gold Medal Act which would grant the Congressional Gold Medal to General Hugh Shelton, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in…

Ray Downey was a legend in the New York City Fire Department. He and I grew up in the same department in Queens. He is a man who dedicated his life to saving other lives. And as the gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel) said, when 25,000…

I want to totally identify myself with the remarks of my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Weiner). The fact is that the firefighters, the police officers in the City of New York have performed heroic service above and beyond any…

yesterday was an act of war upon the United States. Our country as a nation will never be the same again. But from that tragedy, from that moment of death and destruction, we must rededicate ourselves to our principles. We must stand…