what are the next steps that you think we be taking to respond to Russia's continued provocative behavior

You think we should be doing at least testing once a year?

I can almost guarantee you that you would get bipartisan support for additional responsibilities or resources that you will need.

I believe that that would clearly trigger Congress' Article One authority with regard to declaring war.

express congressional authorization is an important demonstration of national resolve

I think lifting the budgetary cap on defense without doing it on non-defense means we are going to hurt an awful lot of priorities.

Would you agree that we are clearly in a more direct threat phase with regard to the North Korean challenge to our citizens?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

One thing just for my colleagues here, we are going to be working on a bipartisan enhanced Homeland missile defense bill.

Can this committee safely assume that the U.S. will resume routine and regular FONOPs in the South China Sea?

We are a leader in NATO. From a EUCOM perspective, that is something--I mean, we work on this every day.

We have made some good progress this year.

There is concern about the Coast Guard's budget.

Obviously, we focus a lot here on ISIS and al Qaeda and some of the other terrorist groups.

Are they testing our NORAD capabilities? I mean, what are they doing?

Kim Jong-Un is different from his father and grandfather because he understands that failed in missile tests ultimately produce successful ones.

North Korea would not succeed, and North Korea would lose.

The policy of the United States is to prevent North Korea from fielding an intercontinental ballistic missile.

I think getting it out there will prepare the U.S. public for a really challenging national security issue.

We have a 355-ship fleet that we are looking at.

It is no longer an 'if' North Korea gets a nuclear-capable ICBM that can reach cities like Chicago and New York, it is a 'when.'

So we need more missile defense capabilities for our Nation?

It is going to happen. We have classified estimates of when it is going to happen, but you can say publicly that is going to happen.

I would just argue the GOP now has all the leverage, the White House and both houses.

I think his intent is actually to fracture NATO, and I think it is because he does fear NATO.