I've said, many times, sequestration was a threat that was never supposed to happen. But it did.

Despite these challenges, we can still afford to make critical investments in the Defense budget within available resources.

I don't know that there's any end to the ambition of Vladimir Putin.

Our NATO allies are awakening to the fact that, for 20 years, they've taken European security for granted.

The only tripwire to stop this man's naked ambition to restore the Russian empire is NATO.

We're not as ready as we need to be.

We're trying to set an example, and I think our men and women in uniform, if they have healthier and longer lives, would be a good example of a policy that we should follow.

Back in the day, it was just bold-faced marketing; Joe Camel and everything you can imagine.

But now we find ourselves in a curious position.

It is difficult, here, to separate out the lines of questioning.

$1.6 billion a year on medical care of servicemembers from tobacco-related disease and loss of work.

Tobacco is the only product legally sold in America today which, if used according to manufacturers' directions, will kill you.

It defies logic, it defies science, to say the same techniques, the same ads, won't have the same impact on our nation's youth with regard to e-cigarettes.

If current smoking trends continue, 5.6 million American kids will die prematurely from a smoking-related illness.

In short, Mr. Chairman, this hearing comes at exactly the right time. It is an urgent need for our government to step in and protect our kids.

These marketing restrictions have contributed to a steep decline in cigarette smoking by youth.

Well, in fact, that's exactly what the cigarette companies have been saying for 50 years.

put an end to the subsidizing of for-profit colleges and universities. They are overcharging these families and the military