I'm worried about the impact on morale. I'm worried about the impact on operations.

I will just make the comment that, last month, finally the Air Force delivered its report regarding the air-refueling receiver demand model to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

I agree with you that sequestration is an extraordinarily poor policy, and it makes no sense not to set priorities.

I'm honored to do so and pleased that you trust me to do so, Madam Chairman.

We need to hold the FAA accountable for how it spends taxpayer dollars.

I would say that I think the preliminary indications are that you've got a real winner.

I know that a 2012 VA report on suicide data that was based on information from 21 States found that an estimated 22 veterans lose their lives to suicide each day.

I think the furloughs are a very blunt and harmful instrument that does not set priorities.

It is an extremely successful program.

Which is why I would urge you to submit a supplemental for those unanticipated war costs.

First of all, let me echo the chairman's thanks to the National Guard for truly heroic actions in response to the terrorist attack in Boston.

Surely, if there are units within our military that are the functional equivalent of Active-Duty personnel, they should be treated that way.

This level of funding is woefully inadequate in comparison to the need to maintain a strong National Guard industrial base.

I do think it is important that we, as a Nation, decide if we are going to furlough, that we be fair cross the board.

In many cases, our seniors are getting into these reverse mortgages, and they are turning out to be a disaster for them.

I do recognize that a reverse mortgage can be very helpful to some of our seniors, but it seems to me it is fraught with risks for others.

Absolutely. Those three arguments are very solid.

I am also concerned for the public housing authorities who are being forced to reduce spending at the expense of families in need.

This important program provides mortgage insurance for the construction of multifamily housing, hospitals, and healthcare facilities.

That's a very disturbing list of airports, because that suggests a widespread problem and with real money, hundreds of millions of dollars.

the deficit continues to rise.

There's a great deal of interest in being able to use devices on these flights and a great deal of skepticism.

veterans' homelessness has fallen, and it fell by nearly 7.2 percent from 2011 to 2012.

You need to make that easier for us, not harder, just by your views on sequestration.

Eventually, FHA should play a more limited role in the mortgage market and help encourage the private sector to reassert its primacy.