did the administration consider the full impact of decreased commissary subsidies on the purchasing power of young military families who can least afford higher grocery bills?

I'm looking at trying to make structural changes that will affect quality-of-life in a more reasoned way.

Children with special health needs and complex medical conditions require an assortment of specialized health care and education services.

The structural changes do have a ripple effect, and if the shopping becomes less at the commissary, eventually people are less likely to shop at the BX and PX.

When did DOD realize that Obamacare mandates would increase DOD health care costs?

Sequestration was just a bad idea. And I find it almost amusing that all of us would be complaining about the effects of it, but we did it to ourselves.

Count me in for structural changes as part of any sustainable military.

Does DOD or the Services require any additional authorities to support victims of sexual assault?

We have to be somewhat practical in our aid, but also not abandon our values.

I think that is well said, but having said that, the President's budget cuts aid to Jordan by $300 million. So I would like to try to restore that.

This is what oversight is all about, is it not? Asking hard questions and making people justify their action, or lack of action.

They are threatening to try to seek membership at different levels in the United Nations.

To my colleagues: I can understand being war weary. It is a natural response to being at war with radical Islam and other entities for a long time.

At a time of $17 trillion national debt and a country being financially strapped, bipartisanship has reigned when it comes to the 1 percent of the budget that the country has available to us to affect outcomes throughout the world and help…

I am very concerned that what you see in the east is a precursor to more Russian advancement that is pretty obvious that Putin is setting up a scenario where he is coming to the aid of ethnic Russians in the east, justifying a further…

This Administration's position is the Palestinians should negotiate with the Israelis and vice versa.

For people in Africa, our investment is not lost upon them.

The Egyptian army has not met the goals that we all would hope. They are not transitioning to democracy.

This 1 percent I think has been well-managed, better managed over time.

Do you believe that Putin is trying to undercut this election? That the actions in the east are trying to, basically, dismember the country according to the Prime Minister of Ukraine's statement that that is going on before our eyes?

Nobody can ever say that John Kerry has not been trying.

The statement you made about Jordan I think is very accurate.

And the goal is to create some disposable income in these farming families so they will have some purchasing power, building roads to get their crops to the market, and having some trade agreements in Africa to further advance farming.

I think it is an opportunity for the committee and the congress to really weigh-in and help the Egyptian people with a huge problem, which is Hepatitis C infection that creates a lot of drain on their economy, and health problems that have…

I can't understand taking everything off the table.