For every $100 we were spending in 2004 on research and development, we are now spending $85.00.

I appreciate the fact you are struggling with limited dollars. We have made that decision, not you.

If the Congress doesn't reach the kind of agreement that I just talked about and we have year two or the first full year of sequestration, which it would be, what kind of other changes would you have to make in the defense posture of the…

But why wouldn't it be lower if the number of troops is significantly lower?

I noticed that in the President's budget proposal that he does propose the replacement of sequestration. He also suggests that there still would be $150 billion in cuts in defense, not the $550 billion or so that we have otherwise.

So there will be time to transition into those----

please convey to the men and women you represent how proud we are of them and the great job that they do for our country every day.

A guest worker program is not a luxury. It is a basic business necessity critical to their survival.

Letter, dated March 18, 2013, from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

Do you think that there is a critical error--shortage of needed workers in the construction field in the United States today?

There is discussion of a proposal that would reduce Medicaid spending by about 18 percent under the next 10 years from $4.1 trillion projected down--well, the cut is $756 billion.