We value death more than you value life.

What are we doing to target ISIL's funding?

In order to defeat ISIL, we are going to need full cooperation with our coalition partners, especially those from the Middle East.

The American people need to know, as the President, I believe, is ignoring the jihadist threat.

Is there a specific threat to our servicemen and -women?

This is an untrustworthy regime.

And thank you for your leadership on this issue.

I appreciate the forceful warnings of South Carolina senior Senator Lindsey Graham about the President's negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Senator Graham has stated that the administration ``needs to understand that this…

This is an important hearing. These are important issues that are being discussed.

Wilson, Hon. Joe, a Representative from South Carolina, Chairman, Subcommittee on Military Personnel

Our goal today is to better understand the perception from outside of the Department of Defense on its implementation of the religious accommodations policy and the effect on service members.

Historically, the Armed Forces have supported religious freedom and accommodated service members' religious beliefs and practices when possible.

In yesterday's Charleston Post and Courier, Charles Krauthammer points out the President's deceit when misrepresenting ObamaCare before shoving it through a Democratic Congress. According to the column, an ``October 2013 video has surfaced…

Iran is not your ally.

I meet with so many of them who are in distress about the authoritarian regime in Tehran and how sad it is that the young people of Iran are held back because of the regime there and denied freedom and democracy.

Iran is not your friend. Iran is your enemy. It is not your partner. Iran is committed to the destruction of Israel.

This Iranian regime cares more about trying to weaken America and push us out of the Middle East than cooperating with us.

how do we trust a regime that has doubled executions of its own people, called explicitly, as you have indicated, for the destruction of another U.N. member...

The American people are counting on you to provide information, counsel to our President.

And we should remember that, indeed, Osama bin Laden operated from a cave, a safe haven in the middle of Afghanistan and was able to conduct mass murder in this country and around the world.

I believe in peace through strength. I am counting on you, and so are my constituents, the American people.

It is inconceivable to me the release of trained mass murderers as detainees from Guantanamo builds goodwill anywhere.

On October 2, the President promised, ``I'm not on the ballot this fall, but my policies are on the ballot.'' Clearly, America, which is not stupid, voted last Tuesday to stop his policies, which destroy jobs at home and weaken national…

I apologize to the President of Mexico that our Marine, one of our citizens, came into your country and made a wrong turn.

The Obama mistake of announcing an Afghan withdrawal date, disregarding conditions, putting Afghanistan and Pakistan at risk.