For 3 years, Americans have watched the President as he has tried to borrow and spend his way out of an economic recession. His failed policies have failed this Nation with unemployment still over 8 percent. The Washington Examiner stated…

Those of us in Congress also have a personal interest in that it is the son of our former colleague Ray LaHood.

Thank you for your extraordinary leadership of this committee.

That is startling information you have just provided, how tragically unique this is.

that is sad, too, because the military has a reputation, and the people who serve in the military, a reputation of being professionals.

Now we have more radical elements who believe in Sharia law that are obviously at some point in the future going to take over that government, in my opinion.

National Review Editor Rich Lowry stated that the President's budget ``is built on gimmicks and cheery assumptions that support a massive superstructure of new taxes and new debt. It is a blueprint for national decline.'' The President's…

It is just extraordinary what you do and the opportunities you provide, and of course to see it evolve from the Cold War of the Warsaw Pact to now, countries that are significant and very important allies of the United States and friends.

An honest and valid strategy for national defense can't be founded on the premise that we must do more with less.

And my concern would be that we should be providing more--that this is not the burden.

The President must understand that the world has always had and will always have a leader.

The Afghan National Security Force budget request has been cut by 50% and has been justified by a reduction in the need for front-loaded costs, such as equipment and facilities.