China remains our number one pacing threat.

I think, making sure we are getting the biggest bang for the buck, by getting folks to have competitive contracts, and getting these out on time is also very important.

Mexican drug cartels are trafficking fentanyl and other dangerous drugs across the southern border.

As you said, we do not have a dental school in Montana, where receiving care often means driving several hours to see the nearest health-care provider.

I was going to say a fly rod and a set of skis is also a way we recruit dentists to Montana at times.

if you don't have people on the ground we are screwed.

China remains our number one pacing threat.

In 2008, I voted against the bailouts of the big banks because I do not support taxpayer bailouts.

the Marine Corps wouldn't be where it is today without your leadership.

It better be fixed. If it is the regulators' fault, it better be fixed. If it is the regulation fault, it better be fixed.

Continuing resolutions kill military modernization and cause billions in wasteful spending.

I look forward to working with all three of you, as do Senator Collins, to make sure that when this budget hits the ground, we all know what is in it, and we all know what to expect the results of it are, because I think it is a critically…

Despite repeated investments in the defense industrial base and the shipbuilding industrial base in particular, we don't really see improvements towards ships being delivered on cost and on time.

We need no less than 31 Amphibious Warfare Ships to enable Marine Corps Title 10 missions in support of the joint force.

it is very, very important that those ports remain open because it is our Number 1 trading partner

It is a system-wide problem within Ag, within the Veterans Affairs (VA), a number of other agencies, if not every other agency.

Continuing resolutions kill military modernization and cause billions in wasteful spending.

It better be fixed. If it is the regulators' fault, it better be fixed. If it is the regulation fault, it better be fixed.