I work for 650,000 people who are hard-working that live in our 2nd district.

I am sure you also know that this budget that never balances increases the debt from the current $19 trillion to $27 trillion.

Do you think a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution is something that we need, Mr. Lew?

I think that is a huge waste of taxpayer money, sir.

Now, my request, Mr. Thornberry, if I may, is simply that the Secretary of Defense conduct a study such that we know what the cost is to our guardsmen and our reservists for this travel beyond 50 miles.

All I am asking you folks to do, please, is make sure you support the full funding of that additional DDG-151.

please include Chairwoman Tsongas' language into the appropriate parts of the law that requires the Department of Defense to obey the Berry Amendment law and issue athletic shoes, Berry Amendment athletic shoes for our recruits.

Congresswoman Tsongas has language that she has submitted to be included in the NDAA. And we please ask you to support that language which would solve this problem and require the Department of Defense to issue Berry compliant, Berry…

All I am asking, sir, is that the Department of Defense obey the law and make a standard issuance piece of equipment, athletic shoes, that are fully Berry compliant.

My heart goes out to the families in Puerto Rico. I don't know how you got into this mess.

we are losing the war on terror. Now, we can turn this around.