Ron Johnson

So initially, the SES was set up to provide the incentives and a pay differential between just general service employees versus managers, and that originally worked, but now that pay scale has just been compressed?

What was the purpose of establishing the SES back in 1978?

So, again, you took 2,000 from criminal, basically, and put that into counterterrorism.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, Director Mueller, again thank you for your service, not only as FBI Director, but all your public service, including being a U.S. marine.

I want to work with the agencies to help them become more effective and more efficient.

I think the potential is really there.

The President's budget lays out another $13 trillion of debt over the next 10 years.

Our Federal Government is facing a $1.65 trillion budget deficit this year.

At some point in time, we are going to face a debt crisis.

Our national debt exceeds $14 trillion.

Well, Senator Akaka, you did a great job asking questions.

The trust for the USFS is, perhaps, in short supply with some of the colleagues--certainly some of my constituents.

What this court decision means for the timber industry is really very, very troubling for us.

It's important for me, and I think, the public, to know that you're spending each year on the timber program.

There is great potential for energy development of oil and natural gas on our Federal lands.

This is a very complex bill, 2,700 pages.

If I am right, if my fears come true, we could be looking at tens of millions of people put in the exchanges at the tune of $5,000 to $7,000 in subsidies.

I think we have grossly underestimated the number of employees that will lose their employer coverage plan under this healthcare act.

I want to center on the Affordable Care Act or law I guess.

Madam Secretary, I would like to kind of go back to the earlier questions I was asking about what I consider just really understated cost estimates for the healthcare act.

I realize it is not an easy problem, but we have been talking about securing our borders for years.

I would hope it would never get to this point, but TSA Administrator Pistole was asked, I believe last week, if work stoppages or slowdowns occurred, would he be willing to fire TSA screeners en masse, and he answered yes.

The defense of our homeland is a top priority of our Nation, so I look forward to working with you.

But don't you acknowledge the fact that taxpayers simply cannot reorganize their affairs quickly enough when you increase tax rates?

We want U.S. companies to do business in China. We want them to succeed in the global marketplace.