Provocation is not the goal of these questions; a sober analysis is.

I think it is the worst-case scenario, in which our relations with the PRC would turn quite frigid.

I believe that this rebalancing is the right priority for the country.

I think you are doing some of the most important work in our country and you are all doing it very well.

I think every American should have health insurance.

I want to enter your contest for a new name for nontraditional students. I would call them survivors.

I understand this is a conceptual proposal, but we don't legislate concepts; we legislate statutes and they have real impact on real people.

I think you are doing some of the most meaningful work in this Congress by your diligence here, and I am proud to be associated with it in a very minor way after the work you have done.

the best scenario of the four is the status quo, which is grim. The other three compete in terms of their grimness.

It is appalling. But, you know, when all seems lost, there are some metrics... that make you feel a little more optimistic.

We are deeply in their debt, and I appreciate you honoring their service with your remarks this morning.