"I felt like I was seeing Hilton Head on steroids."
"I am mighty proud of the success of Plan Colombia."
"We hear all the time that we just can't make a difference, but we can in a huge country; 40 million people."
"I am very proud. I have four sons currently serving under your command, and I am very grateful."
"I am concerned with a $256.8 million reduction for the ground-based midcourse defense program that this program will be at risk."
"Wilson, Hon. Joe, a Representative from South Carolina, Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Personnel."
"I must be counted among those members with serious reservations about the budget request and the reductions in force."
"This budget offers no apology for the program reductions that go to the heart of our military capability."
"The proposed major reductions to end strength, compensation programs, and health care programs sap our combat capability."
"I am very concerned about the 20,000 personnel reduction in the Marine Corps."
"I am specifically concerned, of course, of the district I represent for the reduction of 80,000 personnel of the Army."
"I am very concerned, as Congressman Austin Scott pointed out last week, that there seems to be a move for free health care for everybody except for service members, military families, and veterans."