I am tired of just learning the lessons. We have got to start applying those lessons.

I am baffled, really, at the priorities that are reflected in this budget.

That is why I think the authorization bill is so necessary.

I want to thank the gentleman from Texas. There was a tragedy this week at Fort Hood, Texas. The folks in South Carolina once again stand with the people in Texas. The President's former Chief of Staff, and now the mayor of Chicago, Rahm…

This $100 billion figure that Mr. Mica referred to, I remember seeing that in an article I think last July.

This whole thing is so ridiculous that it is just very, very sad.

I think that is very, very sad.

Corruption in Afghanistan is now considered as great a threat to the country as the Taliban.

On rollcall No. 147, I missed the vote on final passage of H.R. 1459, the Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act. I supported this bill in the Natural Resources Committee and would have voted in favor of it on final…

I strongly support U.S. promotion of natural gas exports and advances in energy extraction and exploration technologies.

I think that we've got a lot of important internal forces in Venezuela that are working for us.

Ukraine is effectively bankrupt. It needs at least $20 billion in aid to stabilize its finances.

This is urging them to pass legislation related to greater accountability for government officials.

We're not forcing this technology on Ukraine, they have asked for it.

I believe corruption is rampant in Ukraine.

I'm concerned that the U.S. Government is not prioritizing anti-corruption efforts in the Ukraine strongly enough.

It really comes down to what side of history do we want to be on.

Ukraine must not receive a single cent from foreign partners until necessary anti-corruptive legislative will be adopted.

According to a recent Forbes article, Ukraine could hold more than 40 trillion cubic feet of recoverable shell gas.

I just wanted to applaud the gentlewoman from Hawaii because in countries where even they have the Rule of Law, if they don't have the courts that are necessary, or the non-corrupt courts necessary to prosecute then you see laws being…

This would give diversification for the sovereign nation of Ukraine to possibly go after its own resources, be energy independent.

I would support that.

It works for those that are in power and they just continue pushing those policies because it supports their positions and their economic benefit.

I believe that we should use every tool in the toolbox to support like-minded nations like Ukraine.

What should the U.S. strategy be?