To be strong, we've got to stop the slide in defense budgets that has reduced our base defense spending 21 percent since 2010.

Mac Thornberry

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And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.

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No other date on the calendar more potently symbolizes all that our nation stands for than the Fourth of July.

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The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.

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Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.

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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.

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I am particularly disturbed that our country is the largest financial supporter of an organization that not only wastes a lot of our money but also seems to be increasingly anti-American in its policies and conduct.

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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of... by Mac Thornberry

Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.

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For more than two centuries since winning our own freedom, we the people of the United States have repeatedly answered the call to lead the quest for freedom around the globe.

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We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.

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I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.

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My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of... by Mac Thornberry

My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.

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The day before the anniversary of D-Day, we lost a man who was equaled by few and surpassed by none as a leader in the cause of freedom: Ronald Reagan.

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Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.

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Even talking about change can be threatening to entrenched interests...Careers in the Pentagon, the board room, or the halls of Congress are not advanced by creating the disruptions that go with real change, so there are very few voices willing to speak up for the future and move beyond rhetoric to make serious choices.

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We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

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I don't think this is the Pentagon's idea. by Mac Thornberry

I don't think this is the Pentagon's idea.

I confess I don't fully understand the administration's take on this at this point, it is not a question to me of economics, it is a question of security.

Iran got most of the benefit upfront with relief of sanctions and a plane load of cash that President Obama sent over there. So we've lost a lot of our leverage, but the key question is: OK, now we are where we are. What happens next if the U.S. pulls out? Does Iran kick those inspectors out so that we lose what visibility we have there?

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I thought it was a bad deal, but the key question is, ok, what happens next if the U.S. pulls out? Does Iran kick out those inspectors so we lose the visibility we have?