Mike Lee

I think it is important to talk about other reforms to SSDI, but I do want to highlight the fact that the private group long-term disability insurance, according to one study, already saves federal programs $2 billion a year.

None of the participating states feel the same way, and none of the participating states share the Office of Surface Mining's assessment of its own actions.

Estimates on how many jobs this will cost vary widely.

Many of my colleagues have already talked about, in great detail, the potentially disastrous effect of the new Stream Protection Rule.

At least not for the purpose of fighting wars.

Thank you, Mr. Secretary, for being here today and for your service for our country.

We also have to balance what it is costing.

Yes, I certainly hope so. It could have major implications.

I think we have to be careful about that.

I happen to believe we have got the best higher education system in the world here in the United States.

I appreciate what he is doing there and the insight that you have given us today.

They need to deliver on that promise of care, and we think that's something that all exchanges should be looking at.

We review them critically and make sure they have the networks in place, the system to deliver quality care.

We hold them to account for delivering quality care.

That doesn't happen in California, and that's because standard benefit designs for both on and off exchange in the individual market.

Annex 3 of the recently signed Iran Nuclear Agreement calls for the participating countries to work with Iran to, quote, strengthen Iran's ability to protect against and respond to nuclear security threats, including sabotage, as well as…

But, why would we want to give Iran the ability to defend against cyberweapons that we, or perhaps some of our allies, might one day want to use against Iran?

I would take issue with one aspect of what you said, though, that regardless of what benefits you might see from this, I would not say that signing onto a treaty is without any cost on our part without us giving up anything particularly…

The United States officially does not take positions on sovereignty issues with respect to territorial and maritime disputes in the East and South China Sea.

I am having a hard time seeing why it is that a country like the United States that has used its power, its blood, and its treasure to protect navigation all over the world for 200 years has to, in order to gain some moral high ground…

Are we currently on schedule to meet this goal?

More than $5 trillion worth of international trade traverses the South China Sea annually.

why on earth didn't we insist as a condition precedent to getting any deal at all that Iran, for the love of God, cease and desist from its terrorist ambitions.

Why isn't this a treaty? And as a treaty, why isn't it subject to advice and consent with two-thirds of the Senate concurring?

one of the reasons why we are so concerned about Iran getting nuclear weapons has to do with the fact that this is a roguish state, a state that has made not only threats, but taken aggressive actions toward the United States and her…