I rise in favor of H.R. 4105 because we need to have every tool we can muster to fight China's unfair trade practices, which not only steal markets and jobs from American producers, but also provides Beijing with a means to finance its…

I think I've been able to reassure our allies and partners, that we have a strategy-based approach to dealing with national security.

I recognize that there's no one in this subcommittee that wants to hollow out the force or weaken our defense structure.

this is an area of principal focus.

I come from this institution of the Congress, and I have great respect for you and for this institution.

sequestration represents a reduction of nearly 20 percent in DOD funding over the next 10 years

If the automatic cuts of sequestration are allowed to take effect then the number of U.S. ground troops would fall to pre-1940 levels.

these cuts would do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to protect the country.

the Secretary has a prerogative with the Council of Governors, a dialog, to re-engage.

do catastrophic damage to our military, hollowing out the force and degrading its ability to protect the country

The Army's share of the cut could be almost $134 billion through 2017.

The strength of our Nation is our Army.

You're dealing with a very serious deficit issue and debt issue.

the potential in cyber to be able to cripple our power grid, to be able to cripple our Government systems, to be able to cripple our financial systems, would virtually paralyze this country.

The sequester would be entirely unacceptable.

I appreciate your leadership on this issue.

I think there has to be a greater sense of urgency with regards to the cyber potential, not only now, but in the future.

if we repeated the mistake of not paying for the war that we decide to engage in, whatever that might be, the result would be that you would simply add more to the deficit and to the debt of this country for the future.