For people to deny those facts is a complete disconnect from reality.

if we become economically noncompetitive, we're never going to be able to grapple with the debt.

The Chinese Communist Party poses a significant threat to the safety and economic prosperity of the United States.

I think we should've done Simpson-Bowles a decade ago.

I agree with Senator Braun that the national debt is a huge issue.

Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse, and to my colleagues and those attending, it is a pleasure to have Rick Dwyer here today.

It's a resilience problem that we have to invest.

I do think it is a good template for how we can become more interoperable with our allies.

We need to be looking at the region comprehensively, especially with all the federal facilities.

H.R. 8334 is just one more frivolous attempt by Republicans to further demonize immigrants and stoke fears about migrants without actually doing anything.

We will reach 100 percent clean energy for our DOD facilities in Virginia by 2030.

if we don't get ahead of climate change it is a national security imperative.

Virginia has become a real leader in clean energy.

I want to go back to the danger of relying on Russian and China sources because they have an active agenda of insinuating.

This is already urgent in Virginia. The sea level rise in Hampton Roads is imposing significant costs on our military installations, but also on our communities.

We have 18 different military installations and annexes in Hampton Roads.

So, I do not want to put words in your mouth, but I am hearing you say, look, before we politically decide to dismiss something as an inconvenient fact, we need to have some skepticism about sourcing because of what Russia and China are…

I think America's greatest strength is our alliances.