The vital importance of maintaining this moratorium cannot be overstated.

space is no longer a neutral domain.

last year's National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) expressed my concern and the concern of this committee that our Major Range and Test Facility Bases are unable to maintain pace technologically with our advanced fifth and sixth…

if you are supporting a budget that whacks the State Department and USAID, you well know you are not only a warrior, you are a diplomat

Would additional economic sanctions against Russia help, in your opinion?

Are we giving up options that were previously available to us to exercise before we reach an armed conflict by a budget that is substantially cutting the State Department and other agencies of soft power, such as USAID?

Do you think that the existing sanctions are enough to deter further Russian aggression in Ukraine and Syria?

Encroachment of activities incompatible with military test and training operations on our bases and ranges remains a major problem.

Secretary Mattis and General Dunford, in your testimony, you both referred to some conventional forces with specialized missions or increased capabilities as force multipliers for special operations forces.

If cost is the issue in carrying out dispersal of our nuclear powered aircraft carriers are there savings to be had by reducing risk in dispersing our non-nuclear capital ships?

For the past 16 years, the Marine Corps has focused on counter-insurgency operations, largely in landlocked locations.

the Navy has long held the belief that strategic dispersal of capital ships--particularly the aircraft carrier--is important.

transnational crime and smuggling networks pose a significant threat to the United States.

I commend you, Madam Chair, for having this hearing, and I urge you and the subcommittee to look closely at this issue as you develop the Defense Appropriations bill for the upcoming year.

I feel strongly that to enable the continued supremacy of U.S. Special Forces in the 21st century, our warriors need to be the most physically fit, optimally performing, and resilient to extreme environments of any force ever assembled.

This funding will guarantee the development of important technologies and research capabilities to address the existing SOCOM requirements.

I do not think that, in the Iranian view of the world--a negotiated power-sharing agreement sounds really good in the halls of Western diplomatic conversation.

Irrespective of what we may think about what the ideal solution is, which is this big peace treaty where everybody sits down and shakes hands, they have a government and everybody is happy with it, the Saudis are going to pursue their…