Programs like food assistance and affordable housing help make sure families do not fall into deep poverty or hunger or homelessness.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and to the witnesses, thank you for your testimony.

We have to do more for people who are struggling to find a job.

But given what we know about the consequences of a warming planet, inaction is far more costly.

I really want to focus on the cost of this equation, as Dr. Vedder did, bringing down the cost of higher education.

So we should not be cutting research budgets if we are going to be going after.

It is just not that hard to say it. And I am so happy that the witnesses were willing to come and agree on that basic proposition.

I do want to express my appreciation to Senator Wyden, who in his new role as Finance Chairman will be tackling these very tough issues.

That cold war is exacerbated by Syria but not purely caused by the situation in Syria.

I think the right way of seeing this is it is bad guys against very good civilians, and we need to help these civilians.

I am thinking about our junior enlisted men and women who really make the least amount. Some of them, unfortunately, have been on food stamps and things like that, which is shameful.

Thank God for our enlisted. It is what we have asked you to do for the last 13 years.

The destruction of one of the largest chemical weapons stockpiles in the world is a very significant diplomatic achievement.

I hope that there is some scrutiny to what those criteria are in an effort to make sure that they really are fair and objective.

I'm extremely supportive of this effort, and I recognize that human beings are human beings, so there are going to be some glitches along the way.

We need access. We have a right of access, and they have a right to receive our assistance.

I think a question we should ask ourselves here in Congress, is this the right thing to do when we are not willing to take on some of the bigger, harder questions?

We expect to eliminate men in the future, just as well as it will bring women in.

the Marine Corps paid approximately $152 million in unemployment insurance last year.

We are not happy with what is going on in Syria.

We need to do more. We need the other nations to do more.

The Navy is practically entirely open now with the exception of the special forces SEALs and special boat team crewmembers.

We need to keep our elbow in the back of the Syrians.

I think many of the members of this subcommittee are very focused on this issue and probably annually we are going to be wanting to get status reports.

Syria has suffered because of American neglect.