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All, have we created a procurement 'bow wave'--pushing out and flattening procurement of critical modernization programs, all with growing budget demand, because they will not fit into the current budget topline?
Standards are inviolable. They must not and will not be lowered.
The administration must initiate a robust freedom of the seas campaign, flying and sailing wherever international law allows.
I am also proud to have supported new congressional sanctions on North Korea.
The F-35 was an extreme example of optimistic if not ridiculous assumptions about how a program would play out.
I agree with you, when you say that the states that we watch most closely in cyberspace remain Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea.
we have more mission than money, manpower and time
For years, our enemies have been setting the norms of behavior in cyberspace while the White House sat idly by.
budget constraints have forced each service to prioritize near-term readiness at expense of capacity, capability, modernization, and infrastructure
By failing to affirm and defend basic principles of international law, the administration has placed our Navy and Coast Guard vessels and the men and women who sail them at greater risk in the future.
The stability provided by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 is a much-needed step in the right direction.
Make no mistake. The Nation and the Navy cannot afford--literally cannot afford--any margin for error or growth in cost of this program.
Some of them say not just in the last 40 years but in the history of this country. I believe that is true.
American dominance on the seas, in the skies, and in space can no longer be taken for granted.
It was January 7 of 2013 that I was there on the DMZ. That is the largest active DMZ that is out there now--160 miles long, 2 miles wide. Even at that time, we were talking about the necessity of immediately getting sanctions in there to…
Madam President, we have a very significant vote coming up, and people are not talking about it as much as they should. We had a hearing, and, of course, the Chair was there at the hearing, where we had James Clapper talking about the…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that my defense fellow, SGM Travis Votaw, be granted floor privileges for the remainder of this calendar year. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.