democracy or Western-style democracies at some level decided by the host nation is the best circumstance for long-term and sustainable development

the United States has an opportunity to promote those effective accountable and responsible democratic institutions

They prefer the Socialist/Communist model and they have shown no proclivity whatsoever to change that at all.

I also want to join my friends in honoring National K-9 Veterans Day. Every March 13, we commemorate the United States Army's first K-9 Corps training program. While this program began in 1942, the history of our ``best friend'' engaging…

Well, as a rank and file Member, every time that I seek to get something from the CBO it has to go through a Chairman.

I am a person who does not believe wholly, or even marginally, in Keynesian economic theory.

What I came away with is that the Department--this is my impression, for whatever reason has some aversion to the risk of hiring somebody.

I would love to hear more because, again, the CBO is constantly reviewing its record.

The gas tax... being bantered about as one of the most regressive taxes especially for low-income individuals.

I think that is one of the concerns, frankly, that we rely a lot on qualitative data.

Bureaucratic delays in hiring the personnel needed to secure our Nation's cyber space are detrimental to our National security.

I think I would be willing, if that were my options, to roll the dice, and we are all accountable at some point.

Why can't you just change that and streamline that? That we put you in charge because you are smart, you are capable, and you can make decisions.

DHS relies on thousands of contractor employees every day to achieve its mission.

I certainly think that even if you--let us just say you had a TS SCI...

I think it is necessary for us to go forward with this program to achieve our tailored deterrence objective.

I think the world has changed greatly over the course of the last decade when it comes to using a digital way to attack a country.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 72. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Fortenberry). The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that…

I hope that what we are doing today with this budget sends the message that modernization is a priority, dealing with these facilities is a priority, and putting America in a position to be stronger and do it in a way that our taxpayers…

Servicemembers in the combat zone depend on 702 to keep them safe. 702 must continue to gather information on foreign terrorists to keep us and servicemembers safe. However, Americans in uniform serve to preserve an ideal that the…

I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, simple things mean a lot. That is why I, too, stand in support of H. Res. 676, which sends a clear message that the United States strongly condemns the arrest of peaceful protestors by the…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Jody B. Hice), my good friend. I thank him for bringing this issue to the attention of the Congress and for this Special Order. When I was growing up, Mr. Speaker, I believed that my government would…

I thank my good friend, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Gaetz), for bringing this issue to the floor. Mr. Speaker, this can all be cleared up, pretty quickly, with a little bit of transparency and with a little bit of sunlight. It comes…

Tibet is a horrifically strangled area of the world.

We have to recognize the small things that we can do that can make a huge difference.