I oppose efforts by the Trump administration to take unprecedented actions to alter these Agreements or to undermine the important public health work of the agency.

If the U.S. will not act to defend itself from an election cyber attack, we know you will not act to defend us.

I think it is really important, as Ambassador Vershbow said before, to sustain the sanctions which restrict a lot of those activities until we see full implementation of the Minsk Agreement.

I know our Members on both sides of the aisle have ideas about ways to reduce the burden of drug costs and I am committed to working with all colleagues on both sides of the aisle on this issue.

Would a budget cut of that size to the NIH hurt the innovation that is one of the subjects of this hearing?

Are any of you aware in the world right now of a nation-state that is doing more to destabilize and interfere with other nations' internal political affairs than Russia?

Beginning in 2015, General Dunford, as the head of the Joint Chiefs, in appearances before this committee started to say and he said on multiple occasions now that among nation-states in the world, Russia is our biggest--he has used the…

The notion of taking an action on a bill that might cause 24 million people to lose health insurance does not do credit to a body that is often called the world's greatest deliberative body.

Given Russian physical presence in Georgia and the Ukraine, are you aware of any other nation in the world right now that has been more willing to incur into the physical sovereignty of another nation?

If we are going to fix it, should we fix it fast, careless, and secret? Or, should we fix it slowly, deliberately, and transparently?

6 years ago, the Syrian people rose up against the tyranny of the Assad regime and hoped that the international community would stand by their side in this monumental endeavor. Nearly half a million Syrians have been killed by this…

I would like to recognize the George C. Marshall Foundation's museum and library as the National George C. Marshall Museum. General George C. Marshall was born in Uniontown, PA to a Virginia family. He is a distant relative of Chief…

Refugees are not the enemies of the United States.

I am concerned that... that means nothing if we are going to have a 37 percent cut in our budget.

the U.S. is currently engaged in major military action with other nations against Raqqa, and there has been a prediction that that might lead to another 400,000 refugees out of the area.

the development of a skilled workforce is essential to maintaining a robust economy and driving forward innovation throughout society. Investments in education remain more important now than ever. Today the United States is 12th in the…

We are going to cut the very assistance that ultimately gives that a possibility.

Refugees are not terrorists. Refugees are not enemies.

These kinds of drastic cuts are squarely against the national security interests of the United States.

It would be tragic for the Marine Corps if that decision were to be made because of a belief that the Marine Corps' bad example would cause us to make that decision for all branches.

This is not being managed as an isolated issue for the Marine Corps.

Are we talking about allegations here or are we talking about something that has happened? I mean, it might be an allegation as to who was involved, but this is not just an allegation about something that happened on social media. This is…

Do you believe this activity is limited just to the Marine Corps?

This is absolutely critical to get right.

This is not allegations about social media. This stuff happened.