"I support the President's decision. 20 years after September 11, 2001, it is time for the Afghan people to take ownership of their own country's future."
"If we were to have all electric vehicles in our country right now, the grid cannot take it."
"Russia increases its disruptive behavior."
"I am very interested in what more the Marine Corps is doing to lead the Department of Defense to help America advance in the energy sector more quickly."
"The 'Blue Arctic' provides an idea that the Arctic is gradually turning from white to blue, in other words, from ice to water."
"I want to draw attention to a few areas. Number one, your State Partnership Program, which I fully support."
"I just point that out as you begin to shift units, and so forth, please don't forget the fourth seacoast and please don't forget this region that is very patriotic."
"I want to know how climate change is impacting your installations, and then I want to see how the President's budget is addressing those."
"I want to applaud your committee for including my floor amendments last year expressing concern for proposed cuts to long-distance Amtrak routes."
"Yet before our eyes, they are succumbing to an ecological disaster of epic proportions, and an economy that struggles to reinvent itself."
"I would like to propose creating attention to the Great Lakes region, and I look forward in the future to presenting the committee with two proposals, one to augment the authorities of the Great Lakes..."