He cares also about infrastructure, about transportation, about investments in research.

The President wants to get to that vision of the $56 billion by increasing taxes and making cuts to entitlements.

the $26 billion that the President has asked for, he is very serious about

the impacts we have seen on transportation, you know, our infrastructure is just way behind.

Every time I am in Afghanistan, I am overwhelmed by the job that you do.

I share the chairman's remarks and congratulate you on a tremendous career in great service to your country.

I mean, it is bad enough dealing with the budget environment we have now.

I was struck by Colombia's progress from an almost failed state to a nation of continued stability and economic growth.

We are alarmed at some of the cuts that were contained in it, which is understandable.

I hope that you can discuss with us your lessons that your command has learned about combating illicit networking that poses a threat to our national security interests.

I think it is a crazy policy, it is the wrong way to go, because we do know a great deal about what they are up to.