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Kelly Ayotte

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Kelly Ayotte is a former United States Senator from New Hampshire, serving from January 5, 2011, to January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, she was the first woman to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. During her tenure, Ayotte focused on issues such as national security, fiscal responsibility, and education reform. She was known for her bipartisan approach and worked on various initiatives to strengthen the military and improve veterans' services.

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Jan 27, 2015

As we look at putting our country on a fiscally sustainable path, I look at your projected outlook where deficits go down, but then they go back up to over trillion-dollar deficits in 2025.

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Jan 27, 2015

So, if it does nothing productive for us, are you not concerned at all as we look at the budget proposal when we get to 2021, which is not too far off, that we are already spending more on interest than defense?

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Jan 27, 2015

We owe the people who really need this fund, and it is important to them that we actually try to solve the long-term viability of it.

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Jan 27, 2015

We are in a position where that is a huge chunk of 12 percent that does nothing for us, on what we are spending that money?

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Jan 27, 2015

I think this is an issue across programs, so we have got these--it is required, but we are not really measuring whether they are getting results out of where we are putting in programs.

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Jan 27, 2015

I think that is just basically robbing Peter to pay Paul. Let us not kid ourselves.

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Jan 20, 2015

I wrote a letter with others on this committee to ask the President to include in the negotiations the missile program

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Jan 20, 2015

I do think that it is important to take a strong stand there by providing capability of Ukrainians to defend themselves.

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Jan 20, 2015

As I look at these negotiations, those two pieces are missing, and they are very important.

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Jan 20, 2015

I disagreed with the administration lifting the missile resolutions whatsoever in the 8 years.

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Jan 20, 2015

I think that it absolutely is a disgrace, and I can't understand why this administration has not provided these arms so that they can defend themselves against Russian aggression.

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Jan 20, 2015

I do think, if I might say to the questions that you asked the others, that I am very concerned about sequestration and the deep cuts that have been taken.

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