Dan Sullivan

I think it's good, General, that you guys are focusing on that because, obviously, readiness is one thing, we want that, but if we're losing lives because we're not training enough, I think that's--shame on all of us.

It should not take 10 years to build an icebreaker.

North Korea is one of the hardest nations that we have to collect against due to its insular society, gaps in United States ISR, and its limited broadband internet connectivity.

It is going to happen. He is going to have that capability.

This is not 15 years off. This is not 10 years off.

It is no longer a matter of if but when Kim Jong-un is going to have the capability to hit... the continental United States.

I appreciate your focus in your written statement on the North Korean ICBM threat with regard to nuclear weapons.

I think it will have strong bipartisan support in the Committee, and we really want to move on it this year.

This legislation would allow for VA to make payments for the training of interns and residents at approved locations other than VA facilities.

We want full VA support. I know Dr. Shulkin does.

I appreciate Senator Tester's commitment to that issue as well.

I have been very interested in the appeals issue.

This is an issue that is impacting every single state in our great Nation and Dr. Butler is a leader in this, not only in Alaska, but in our country.

Thank you and the Ranking Member for holding this important hearing.

I support the President's budget.

I think we need America first on missile defense.

Our goal is to make sure that, you know, the Members of the Senate who are on the bill that we introduced 2 weeks ago, is to make sure that, whoever is in the White House, has the kind of strategic time that, if and when he has this…

We have to do more to support our allies and expand.

We are an ally-rich Nation. Most of our adversaries and potential adversaries are ally-poor.

We should not take those threats lightly.

We have a threat, a real threat right now, a madman possibly could be threatening 300 million people.

Defending the Nation should be our first priority.

It is not a matter of if but when Kim Jong-un is going to be able to range the United States.

Admiral Syring similarly stated, 'From a missile defense perspective, we have to develop a future operational space layer.'

General Hyten has stated in testimony that, 'The deployment of a global space-based sensor system with discrimination capability will be a critical component to improving the effectiveness of our deployed missile defense interceptors.'