We will try to implement as much of your ideas as we can, given the budget constraints we have.

I think it is extremely important, not just from the top down, but from the bottom up to get after this and change culture because it is something we just cannot have in our military.

If we do not fix the top lines, none of this is going to work.

It is often said you recruit individuals and you retain families.

I want an overwhelming advantage to all the enemies this country may ever face.

This is insane. The threat levels are going through the roof.

First I want to thank Congresswoman Watson Coleman for holding this special session and bringing attention to the Equal Rights Amendment. When I was born in 1963, we lived in a different world. It was legal to openly discriminate against…

Donald Trump is not a Republican.

Donald Trump is an eloper. I don't trust him.

I do believe that we have disagreements with our great ally over some of the approaches we take with the Kurdish forces in north Syria.

I think it is important for us to lead, sir.

I think they are watching exactly what we do with our modernization programs and our presence programs.

Is it fair to say that Russia had successfully dismembered the Ukraine?

I think we need to stay until we see that mission accomplished.

I think that we are in one of the toughest situations that we have faced in decades right now.

I am an advocate for continuing the renewal of the sanctions.

I do not see them changing in a positive way at all.

I do believe that the NATO nations are willing to follow our lead.

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I ask my colleagues to join me in congratulating Dr. Robert Califf on his confirmation today as Food and Drug Administration, FDA, Commissioner. Dr. Califf is a well-respected cardiologist that hails from Anderson, SC,--very close to where…

Is there any court decision that would allow the President of the United States--any President--to issue an executive order to say that 3 million people here illegally now have legal status?

How bad is sequestration hurting your ability to defend the Nation and protect us domestically and internationally, if it goes back into effect?

He did give legal status to millions of people who I am willing to deal with through the statutory process.

What limits would there be on a President, in terms of just giving legal status to people here illegally?

What authority does he or she have to do that? Because prosecutorial discretion is not the legal basis.