That is why I greatly was disappointed with the President's top-line budget number of $715 billion requested for DOD, which constitutes a nearly $5 billion cut in real dollars.

In recent years, China and Russia have established an extensive military and economic presence in South and Central America. Their presence destabilizes the region and threatens our national security.

The defense of the homeland and our security efforts in the Western Hemisphere are becoming increasingly more complex as China and Russia and other adversaries expand their reach and improve their capabilities to strike us.

at a minimum, the tie goes to the veteran.

I'm currently concerned about our ability to continue to make those essential strategic investments that will allow us to keep pace.

I think it's very important.

I believe we need a ready and lethal force equipped with modernized systems capable of providing strong national security and, importantly, deterring war.

once again, I am here today to talk about the crisis at our southern border and the continued dismantling of our Nation's immigration system by this administration. The border has been dominating the headlines, but if you talked to the…

We do look forward to some classified hearings with this group because I think it's very important.

China and Russia, you know, we all know, are advancing their military technologies always, and increasing their defense budgets at alarming rates.

Nowhere was the impact more harshly felt than in the heart of Appalachia, my eastern Kentucky district.

I am deeply concerned that, far from supporting the middle class, advancing a Green New Deal... will destroy more jobs in Kentucky.

I oppose the sweeping cuts to the State Department put forward by the previous administration.

The American taxpayer has a right to be outraged.

I am also concerned about the magnitude of the increases being proposed in this request.

Mr. Chairman, we are all concerned about inflation price stability. That is one of your mandates at the Federal Reserve.

I believe in responding to a crisis with a needed surge of spending that is temporary, that it was fully appropriate not to pay for it under the circumstances, but longer run, we do have to raise revenue to support permanent spending that…

last week, I spoke about a deeply flawed and misguided piece of legislation passed by the House--House bill H.R. 1 and now Senate bill, S. 1. Today, I am going to talk about yet another bill from our colleagues in the House that would be…