"I completely agree. We have got to repeal the Budget Control Act."
"I think we can all agree we have got to repeal the Budget Control Act. It is crucially important."
"If we get this wrong, none of that matters, and we cannot get this right without repealing the Budget Control Act."
"We are facing an array of threats, you said in your testimony, that is basically more volatile than any time in your career."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And I would like to start by thanking all of you very much for your service, for being here today."
"President Reagan believed and said that war comes not when the forces of freedom are strong, it is actually when we are weak that we are threatened."
"It was the policy of President Reagan to ensure that we had superiority across the Board, including in our nuclear forces, so that, in fact, we could guarantee that nuclear war would never be fought."
"I think this was the case in Yellowstone where Superintendent Wenk was beginning an investigation and bringing in outside investigators to do an independent inquiry and then was prevented from doing s..."
"It appears that the National Park Service, especially since we have had reports of this for 16 years and that these matters are not being adequately addressed, that perhaps promotion from within has a..."
"In some respects that is rewarding loyalty. In other respects, it can create a toxic work culture."
"For some of us, it's a little intimidating to just sit there and read while people are staring at you while you're reading."