the allocation that the administration has come up with for our defense budget is not adequate.

I hope the pressures continues on these countries in Europe to meet their obligations to NATO.

We need to stop acting as if we have to choose between clean energy and fossil energy and instead focus on solutions for workers in the clean energy transition that is clearly already happening.

change is coming whether we seek it or not. Coal production in the electricity sector has been falling for years for market reasons irrespective of any Federal policy, and we can support these communities and these workers by investing in…

the number that General Mattis came up with in order to meet the National Defense Strategy... should be at least a 3 percent-plus number net of inflation.

We need your best advice as to what the mix of U.S. military assets are required to deter a hostile and aggressive Iran.

But we don't have any subsequent agreement, then, it appears.

It was going to be okay, because that's exactly what she brought to the phone call.

Seven years after Russia first invaded Ukraine and annexed Crimea, Moscow is visibly massing military forces along the common border.

And do we have any intention to maintain defense contractors in Afghanistan after we depart?

the Biden administration has been dragging their feet.

I am very concerned that the May deadline is upon us, and I don't know that we have any assurances that the Taliban will not start attacking U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

I struggle to think of another time in American history that we have asked the Guard to do the range of missions and at the tempo in which they have been operating over the past year.

the Chinese already have 60 more ships than the United States, and they are very capable ships.

I hope the Administration follows through.

It's my understanding that the infrastructure plan would include $213 billion to address the shortage of affordable housing.

I think this is a very good bill. I'm really proud of the Administration for putting it forward.

California's energy challenges are largely due to wildfires and other climate-related disasters which are caused by excessive carbon emissions.