I thank my friend for yielding. The seeds of this bipartisan agreement were sown in the other body 3 or 4 months ago; and, frankly, I wish these agreements had been brought to this floor a lot sooner. They would have done a lot more good…

Every Member of this Chamber wants to get to the bottom of the issue of the tragic death of Officer Terry. Every Member of the Chamber wants to find out how the ATF and Justice Department were run as related to that tragedy. So the…

I thank my friend for yielding me this time. I think most Americans would agree, irrespective of which party they are in, that it would be a good idea to put Americans back to work building our highways and our bridges and our…

I certainly think there should be no discharge in bankruptcy of a withdraw liability.

I think it is both welcome and refreshing that there have been ideas put forward here about how to address this problem.

What is the main reason for attriting? Why do people leave?

Something is working.

Are you concerned that American troops might be under the command of a commander who is in an outfit that isn't at least effective?

See I think the stories we just heard give us some guiding principles for what we ought to do here.

I think the members have been educated by this and we thank the panel for all their preparation.

This is not a brawl this morning; this is a serious attempt at understanding a serious problem so we can work together to solve it.

One measure in Washington of how solvable a problem is is the attendance at the hearing, and the higher the attendance the less solvable the problem.