I would say I am more optimistic now about North Korea than I was just a short while ago.

I just disagreed with them. I've never disagreed with Dan Coats in my life until that--until last week.

I was happy to see that HHS is setting aside $10 billion for the opioid and serious mental health issues.

Because, you know, armies don't go to war, nations go to war, and armies don't win wars, nations win wars.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

We want to work with you on this. We want to get this solved.

We are committed to the responsible, disciplined, and transparent use of that investment.

My concern is, fiscal year 2020 and fiscal year 2021. I think that we--maybe during the course of these questions, you'll be asked, What happens if we don't continue what we started with the 2-year budget? It could be a disaster.

Everything that we see there is as if they're preparing for World War III.

We're going to continue to do it. But, how close are we now to your goal, 66 percent?

It's not reclaiming, because there's nothing to reclaim. It's building, creating, and now they're up to seven different areas, very important areas for our movement in that part of the world.

I think it's important to get that out in the open now, talk about it now.

Those seeking to threaten America's experiment in democracy should know if you challenge us, it will be your longest and worst day.

The Arctic is key strategic terrain. Russia is taking aggressive steps to increase its presence there.

We should hold them accountable for the things they're doing that are provocative and aggressive to their neighbors and to us.

Our allies are actually having a hard time choosing between China and us because of the visibility of what they're doing.

China's actions and what they've done in the South China Sea does threaten our position there.

A fully resourced defense budget leading into long term stability will send a strong signal to our allies and partners.