11/02/2011
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"I certainly hope that as you transition--assuming that you transition out someone else transitions in--that you will pass that advocacy on to your successor in the sense that we--one of these days, be..."
"I can remember as far back as 2010 or 2011 when then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen said that the greatest threat to our national security is our national debt."
"Publicly held debt is projected to rise from an already elevated 76 percent this year to more than 85 percent by 2026."
"I find it absurd that we would be challenged on an air of hostility when we are doing what the American people require us and request us to do, which is to hold the EPA accountable."