Shouldn't we be rebuilding AID to be the lead premiere development agency in the United States Government?

I think it is important for us to work with China.

One may not like a law, but to counsel people to circumvent it or ignore it is a different matter entirely...

I thank the distinguished ranking member, my friend from Maryland, and I also thank the distinguished chairman of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee. I proudly join them in cosponsoring this legislation and rising in strong…

It will conduct vulnerability assessments and penetration tests commensurate with the risk posed to agency information systems and collaborate with OMB and appropriate public- and private-sector security operations centers on security…

Clearly, in saying that is the first thing Congress has to deal with, and, by the way, I happen to agree with you...

We have to try to change that.

I don't share that view. I think you are being asked to deal with something unprecedented and not responsible.

I strongly believe that all Americans, particularly Federal workers, should pay their taxes in full and on time, period. Fortunately, according to the most recent tax compliance statistics from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the vast…

The public should know what is happening. The public should not be shielded from the fact that there are consequences.

During the past 2 weeks, I met with local employers and constituents who expressed continued frustration with the negative effects of sequestration in our community. Republicans and Democrats alike spent most of the past year warning of…

I think there is a difference between Israel and the United States and what our red line is.

I wanted, Mr. Foley, to focus on a proposal that came out of the postmaster general, which was to pull the Postal Service employees out of FEHBP.

I think we need a new business model.

But don't we need to emphasize new revenue opportunities?

I thank my colleague from Maryland for his leadership on these very difficult issues. Mr. Chairman, if you like sequestration that cuts $1.2 trillion in discretionary domestic spending, you're going to love the Republican budget which…

My head, like probably the panel's, is spinning at some of the contorted logic going on about sequestration...

I think, of course, the alternative is that we have a balance of revenue and spending cuts, not just spending cuts.

Count me a skeptic, but there are those that say they could be.

I think it is actually going to be quite serious.

Yes, given the alternatives.

We have got a bunch of Calvin Coolidges up here.

The demand for employment services and skills training continues to grow. In my Northern Virginia district, the local Workforce Investment Board fielded nearly 90,000 requests for job search assistance last year, and those requests have…

I was just in India with a very large group under the auspices of the Aspen Institute--a large group of Members of Congress--which I think demonstrates this repivoting to Asia in a very complex but very important region.

We look forward to a fair, open, and transparent process, free of political influence.