My time is limited, but, you know, one of these five, they have already come out publicly, Mr. Noori, and said, I want to go to Afghanistan and kill Americans.

So now the new policy of this administration is, we don't negotiate with terrorists directly.

In 2008, during the depths of the recession, a former General Motors plant closed in the city of Moraine, Ohio. The plant was set for demolition, which would have ended any hope of jobs returning to the site. Moraine Mayor Elaine Allison…

I want to join Chairman Rogers in his effort to oppose this amendment. Mr. Chair, as we know, this is one of the annual reoccurring Representative Blumenauer's reductions of nuclear weapons efforts. And I would support reducing spending on…

As Mr. Blumenauer knows, my comment is that they have all the resources they need to make a decision to purchase these radars. Everyone knows that this bill is underfunded, and it certainly underfunded nuclear weapons, and your bill, your…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 4, line 19, insert after the dollar amount the following: ``(reduced by $20,000,000)(increased by…

I want to thank Chairman Culberson and Ranking Member Bishop for their hard work and dedication to ensure that we have a great bill for our vets and men and women in uniform, but also for their tenacity. I want to thank Chairman Culberson…

the United States must help our European allies lessen their dependence on Russian gas as much as possible.

the main barrier to the U.S. export to Europe is not the permitting process; it is the fact that U.S. gas shipped to Europe would be substantially more expensive than cheap Russian gas.

Opening Statement by Rep. Michael R. Turner

we must not lose sight of the economic and environmental side effects of our current energy boom.

we shouldn't pretend that faster permitting alone is a panacea.

there were 80,000 troops that constituted an invasion-ready force.

We had concerns about whether or not the demonstration...could conceivably ever demonstrate what it was intended to demonstrate.

Don't you think military assistance is what they really need if they are going to be facing an invasion, advice, a description as to what is coming over the hill?

Years of protracted conflict have taken their toll on the tactical wheeled vehicle (TWV) fleet.

Please elaborate on your enduring requirements for MRAP vehicles and what the long-term strategy is for incorporating these vehicles into the fleet.

Could you talk a moment about the issue in their doctrine about de-escalation?

Congress has previously urged the Defense Department to consider requesting multiyear contracting authority as a means to generate potential cost savings.

We now see that there have been some actions that Russia has been taking, specifically under the leadership of Putin, that perhaps we have ignored or that we have diminished in importance.

Turner, Hon. Michael R., a Representative from Ohio, Chairman, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces.

Your statement of the investments that were largely being carried on occurred in the 1980s--the need to make certain that we have a credible and quality valid nuclear deterrent is incredibly important.

Well, my point being, if--whatever you can say on the record, this certainly requires a public discussion of what our deterrent may be looking to.

When does the Army plan to complete and release an updated TWV acquisition strategy document?

Were the results of that evaluation considered when selecting the Apache as the new armed scout helicopter?