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Increasing capital in the form of direct foreign investment has positive effects on manufacturing, increased exports, job creation and U.S. competitiveness.

The purpose of today's hearing is to highlight the importance of foreign direct investment in the United States.

There is little disagreement that the nuclear weapons complex must be modernized.

We must not allow regional actors, such as North Korea, to hold U.S. policy hostage by making our citizens vulnerable to a nuclear intercontinental ballistic missile attack.

Do you believe that there is sufficient funding in the out-years so that you are going to keep that 2025 date for the first production unit?

I think the fragmentation of leadership needs to be addressed to make this scenario work.

Without them, we could not maintain a strong and effective nuclear deterrent.

DOD takes its treaty obligations seriously and reviews its plans carefully to ensure compliance.

. . . it hasn't achieved the objective, obviously.

Should the Assad regime use chemical weapons, I would be concerned about the welfare and safety of the Syrian people.

The United States is heavily engaged in supporting the SOC and SMC as a counterweight to extremist elements in Syria.

I have joined with him in pressing to look for additional ways to put military pressure on Assad, sending a message of inevitability, a message of determination, and I think for many reasons, the sooner the better.

If we did not get into this the right way, if we get into it, there could be more bloodshed.

Certainly every nation has the right to protect itself in their own interest of self-defense.

The transfer of chemical weapons to terrorists will not be allowed.

Once you are in, you cannot unwind it.

The best outcome for Syria and the region, I think, as we all agree, is a negotiated political transition.

The United States remains in close contact with Israel on the deteriorating situation in Syria.