Eighty-five percent of the critical infrastructure in this country, for example, is controlled by the private sector.

On January 12 public confidence in Metro was shaken once again by a deadly electrical arcing and smoke accident.

``. . . to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; ``To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; ``To establish…

I would just say to my friend from Illinois that, yes, this is politicized all right, and now we have got Congress in the business of permitting. And if we are going to go down that route, I have a 7-Eleven in my home county that can't get…

But rather than save workers, as its title would suggest, this bill will actually sabotage them. Again, CBO says 1 million people who currently have insurance will lose it under the Republican plan today, half of whom will have to go to…

It is with great sadness that I rise with the members of the Virginia delegation to inform our colleagues of the passing of one of our colleagues, former Member of this Chamber, Herbert Harris. Herb died at the age of 88 on Christmas Eve…

I welcome you and all of our colleagues back for the start of the 114th Congress. I was encouraged by Speaker Boehner's remarks yesterday calling for all of us to begin this shared endeavor on common ground. I couldn't agree more. As…

Do you believe the current Afghan Government is committed to 'solving their own problem' with respect to narcotics?

I hope you are right. I sure hope that $61 billion--it is working.

I would just say to you there is a profound difference between your testimony right here and now and what we heard in June--profound--and one is true or the other is true.

the narcotics trade--well, poppy production has grown, not decreased, and the narcotics trade has grown, not decreased, both in volume and in value.

Surely you could agree, based on what you know, not being an expert, and what I know, not being an expert, that that is hardly a success model.

I think that the comparisons between the two are overdrawn and--and I think that the nature of the security forces is one place where the comparisons are overdrawn.

But we, of course, took our eye off the ball to invade Iraq that had nothing to do with 9/11.

I am pleased to join you in welcoming our pastor, Pastor Ryoo, from the Korean Central Presbyterian Church, located in Centreville, Virginia, and the 11th Congressional District, for today's invocation. This church has been active in our…

we're hopeful that the legislation where Congress I hope is about to approve will help streamline that process

Can we take that same principle and help rein in the Pentagon in terms of its practices, which seem, frankly, at variance with the rest of the Government?

I want to congratulate you as well, and I can only thank God you did not have that gavel when you began your chairmanship...

Is there something about the Pentagon that seems particularly problematic when it comes to transparency, accountability, waste, fraud and abuse, efficiency, and even some sense of, we need to get in line like everybody else?

I thought I heard you say earlier that this was not going to be something that was voluntary; this was going to be mandatory compliance with the DATA Act. Is that correct?

Some of the President's loudest critics, of course, just couldn't quite bring themselves to support his request to retaliate in Syria against the use of chemical weapons.

Russia's annexation of Crimea is a clear violation of U.N. charter.

it is not the role of any executive-branch agency to prevent the legislative branch from undertaking its constitutional responsibilities.

Let's also stipulate we don't want a nuclear Iran. They are two different things to conflate the need for domestic reform in Iran.

Putin's nonsense rings hollow when he talks about trying to protect ethnic Russians and that is the reason for his aggression.