Kelly Ayotte

As we think about this heroin and also fentanyl issue, which is a very deadly synthetic drug that is really killing people in New Hampshire.

I do worry about the size of the Army today.

I think they're proven to be anemic, given their continuing testing of ballistic missiles.

to get a pink slip after you come home and served our country is pretty appalling.

I would suggest that this is a valid law. Not only should no one in the executive branch suggest that this is going to happen, but it would be against the law.

We need Pakistan to take more decisive actions against the Haqqani Network.

I have an amendment in that focuses on cooperation with the Israelis because they have the tunnel issue with Hamas and Hezbollah.

I watched with the rest of the world last year when Russia launched cruise missiles with conventional warheads into Syria from long-range heavy bombers, both from surface ships and submarines.

I am personally skeptical of the Department of Defense as a natural home for [economic development during a contingency operation].

I fully support what Senator McCaskill and Senator Shaheen have said, that our IGs deserve subpoena authority and full access to records, which they are not getting right now.

I think that's a totally inadequate response.

It strikes me that as you look at the GAO recommendations, the lessons learned from Iraq, none were taken into account as this transitioned to Afghanistan.

Again, as I understand your testimony, Mr. Sopko, even that individual cannot fully answer the question about the number because of the lack of recordkeeping.

We are not giving up on standing up against their malign behavior.

So did we keep metrics or anything like that for this task force?

Do you think that was a wise use of taxpayer dollars?

What can we say in terms of deliverables for the mission that is anything sustainable that we get to accomplish the purpose of economic development in Afghanistan?

Were any TFBSO projects in Afghanistan transitioned to USAID or any other U.S. government entity? If not, why not?

the most recent audit on the extractives industry portrayed a mixed record of the various projects in the energy sector

We are incentivizing hostage-taking.

In your oral testimony, you testified that TFBSO did not account for costs 'on a project-by-project basis.'

How do we make sure that you have what you need, Mr. Sopko, to properly conduct oversight and to make sure that the Inspector General's Office has the teeth that it needs to get us information that we need to ensure that we are doing our…

I want to make sure that every member of our military or our civilian workforce understands that they can fully come forward with any issue that they have or concern about not only how taxpayer dollars are spent but also how the business…

Do you agree it would have at least been helpful to say to SIGAR we think there is a huge problem with this number and we are going to have a financial analysis done on it?

We just have to stop repeating these lessons over and over again.