For the record, let it be known that my Republican colleagues and I support lower household energy costs for all Americans.

Russia's invasion into Ukraine is changing the global order, the likes of which the world has not witnessed since the end of the Cold War. Vladimir Putin launched an unprovoked and brutal war--one that left the United States and our allies…

We have got to do everything we can that's possible, without going to war with Russia, to ensure that the Ukrainian people remain free and sovereign.

I'm enormously proud of what this joint force is all about.

We are at, literally, in my view, a pivot point in the geostrategic history of Europe, for sure, and perhaps the globe with this invasion of Ukraine.

I can't think of a better signal that we could send to our allies and to Putin that we are committed to NATO than this basing issue.

The Chinese Communist Party now controls the largest army and navy in the world.

I was quite critical of the administration's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. But I have to tell you, I think that the last 2 months of Putin's war in Ukraine, you've handled brilliantly and so I want to sincerely thank you for…

I would like for us to buy three, and then, use at least two of those along the eastern European flank on a loan basis.

President Xi has entered into a no-limits partnership with Putin, providing him with strategic cover and international legitimacy.

The threats that we face now are more formidable than at any point in the 20 years I have had the privilege of serving on this committee.

For the second year in a row, the President has sent us a budget that fails to keep pace with China and Russia.

Putin's catastrophic invasion of Ukraine has proven to the rest of the world that he is nothing more than an unhinged crackpot.

We also need to understand that Russia and China are the principal threats here.

In your best military judgment, is that a good deterrent for us to pursue?

We do not want Russia or other aggressive countries in the world to think that, by force, they can simply expand their territory.

The President's decision to unilaterally and unconditionally withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan has offered terrorists the opportunity to regain their footing.

We can push for greater freedom, greater economic and political freedom, or we can face the autocracy that Russia and China are trying to bring down upon us.