Ron Johnson

We have a number of concerns with the way our market has been hit.

We did not need the passage of Obamacare to protect adult dependents.

This Obamacare law is costing American taxpayers a whole lot of money.

That is what Obamacare is: a massive consumer fraud.

I understand marketplaces. I understand what works and what does not work. And, I was very concerned about the very harmful effect, on real people, that the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (ACA) would actually result in--and it is…

The truth of the matter is, the reason I decided to run for the U.S. Senate was because of the health care law.

Unfortunately, Obamacare ended that.

I would like to see a formal process.

I certainly want to wish you all the best. We want to be as supportive as possible.

We do support the aspirations of Georgia to join NATO.

I do not see any negatives in terms of U.S. interests for admitting Montenegro into NATO, only positives.

I do appreciate the fact that they are on the path of actually reaching that 2 percent of GDP threshold for military spending, but they are not there yet.

This hearing will come back to order.

What we have seen in Montenegro is the political leaders from Russia expressing very publicly their views that Montenegro should not join NATO in somewhat menacing terms.

Its accession to NATO will demonstrate to other countries in the Euro-Atlantic space that NATO's door remains open.

Montenegro is ready for NATO membership.

Montenegro's NATO membership will be a powerful rebuke to Russia's malign influence in the western Balkans.

NATO remains especially relevant today in light of the serious threats posed by radical Islamic terrorism and Russian aggression.

The accession of Montenegro to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

We appreciate their good efforts toward this important moment in this important effort of theirs.

This hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will come to order.

Overregulation is the silent killer. It crushes innovation. It crushes small businesses.

We need some common sense.

We have to look at the reasonableness of these regulations.

We need some regulations--no doubt about it--but they have to be reasonable.