Yeah, this is going to be very bad. Let me tell you what's going to happen. The judges have become more ideological because you don't have to reach across out to get one vote any longer. This is going to haunt the Senate, it's going to…

The bottom line is, if there were any contacts between the Trump campaign and the Russian intelligence services that were inappropriate, I want to find out about it and I want the whole world to know about it.

Ladies and gentlemen, I call this joint hearing of the Subcommittee on Readiness and Seapower and Projection Forces of the House Armed Services Committee to order.

And thank you very much, Congresswoman Stefanik.

I was pleased to see Secretary of State Tillerson say that the U.S. is rethinking our response to Kim Jong Un's dangerous provocations.

Amendment in the nature of a substitute to H. Res. 92 offered by the Honorable Joe Wilson, a Representative in Congress from the State of South Carolina.

That is why Ranking Member Engel and I introduced H.R. 1644, the Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act.

I want to also thank Representative Smith for H.R. 390, the Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act.

I have long advocated exploring the untapped potential of the U.S.-Argentina relationship and, since the election of Mauricio Macri in late 2015, we have made good progress.

This legislation requires the State Department to determine whether North Korea should be relisted as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

I also welcome the bill offered by Chairman Poe and Ranking Member Sherman to ask the State Department to take another look at North Korea to determine whether or not they should be designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

I want to thank Congresswoman Torres for her work on Central America and for offering her resolution supporting the fight against corruption there.

Next, we consider H.R. 672, which reaffirms the U.S. commitment to combatting anti-Semitism.

I have had occasion to travel to North Korea twice, including once with our colleague and friend, Joe Wilson, and if or when you go there, it is like stepping backwards into a time warp.

My concern over the threat of North Korea was underscored by a delegation visit with Ranking Member Eliot Engel to Pyongyang.

It is encouraging, as was cited by Congresswoman Torres, to see the bipartisan partnership that each of you have on behalf of our country.

Well, it is so important. And the American people need to know the city is over a million persons, it is the second largest city in the country of Iraq, and how important it is that it be liberated, and the subjugation and oppression that…

And, General Votel, it is a great honor to be with you.