Sherrod Brown

Cuts to international family planning I assume will result in more maternal deaths, more abortions, more unintended pregnancies

I am concerned that with a proposed 40% cut in VA construction in FY 2012 that the facility that has needed these improvements for many years will be one of the projects pushed to the side.

The delay is what is really crushing our soldiers and their morale when it comes to getting the care and service that they need.

I applaud you for taking on three of the VA's most pressing issues: the claims backlog, veteran homelessness, and expanding access to VA health care and benefits.

I want to hear from you more than I want to hear from us.

There are 95 one-stops in Ohio and 3,000 nationwide. Many, if not all of them, will have to close their doors if the proposed $3.8 billion in cuts to workforce investment pass Congress.

Clearly, the DOD Tuition Assistance Program is an important program in terms of supporting the education of our service members.

I think we are having a hearing because we are worried and concerned about the oversight.

The bottom line is we are spending taxpayer dollars to basically provide the tools and resources for our soldiers to go out and get jobs and be employable.

That is one of the reasons I filed the Hire a Hero Act, to try to get those people employed.

I mean it is great not to have an excuse, but what actually is happening?

A nuclear armed Iran would dramatically shift the balance of power between Iran and key regional nations.

I certainly can appreciate that anti-piracy missions require significant resources and present many legal issues.

A nuclear armed Iran poses an unacceptable risk to the United States.

Iran is producing higher enriched uranium and is moving closer to possessing the weapons-grade uranium needed for a nuclear weapon.

The Iranian regime continues to flout U.N. Security Council resolutions on its nuclear and missile programs.

Many of us are concerned about the number of missiles and ships required to deploy an adequate BMD for our Nation and for our allies.

I fully support re-establishing the Vice CNGB at the rank of lieutenant general.

If the United States is hit by a catastrophic cyber attack--as Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Panetta described as the next Pearl Harbor--are we prepared to respond?

Thank you, Madam Chair, and again congratulations to you and Senator Roberts for your leadership on this Committee.

Thank you for your visionary leadership. We have made such a difference in these two years.

Not only are we trying to fund our own needs; I guess we're funding the Taliban's needs, too.

I would argue that what's happening down there is pretty darn close to being a war, a war on drugs, and a form of terror.

I would like them to be held accountable. I would like them to be shut down.

It is either you are with us or you are not? Either you are helping or you are not.