They want to utilize it as a starting point.

it is not our peace plan.

No. Not on its current form.

I think there's a lot of us that really think the Senate was designed in the first place to find a long term, stable solution to problems, so we'll listen to what the president has to say.

Threatening to be able to cause chaos on Wall Street would be something that they would love to do.

But all it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.

The departure of General Haugh is a loss for our nation but will be a tremendous gain for any private or public entity where he decides to lend his expertise and leadership.

We do not have enough of these types of leaders, and a loss of any one of them without strong justification is disappointing.

Those are areas that they would love to [access] just so that when the time comes, in my opinion, they can look at it and simply say, 'We know where you're at. Don't mess with us. We're capable of causing real problems for you long term.'

All it takes is a blip on the financial markets to delay certain trades by just milliseconds, to put the market into an entirely different attitude about the security and the soundness of being able to make those transactions happen.

Because it gives our Democrat colleagues a reason not to work with us and to protest the bipartisan approach that we’ve taken on appropriations.