A blind-side antiquities designation certainly is not going to help or get a lot of buy-in in my region.

If you can continue to do this in the final year of this administration, that would be helpful.

the aggression of Russia, which, as you know, Mr. Secretary, General Dunford, is not only Europe, but in the Arctic

Do we think we have enough right now?

It's not going to be enough, because it's not going to be able to outpace the threat.

I think it is something we need to be taking advantage of.

I think there was some concern here on the committee that an opportunity to actually announce in a robust, articulate way what we were doing was missed.

the ability to 'fight tonight' with regard to North Korea

I think your broader point on not drawing down the 425 is a really good one.

today the Senate will vote on the North Korean Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act, a bill I am proud to cosponsor with my colleague from Colorado, Senator Cory Gardner. This legislation mandates new sanctions on North Korea's ballistic…

Do you agree that we need a more robust Arctic strategy--one that does a better job of assessing the new threats in the region and one that reflects Russian as a potential adversary?

the ability to continually rebalance our Asia-Pacific force posture in light of our challenges there with China.

We've been asking--a number of us have written the President, have been encouraging--make sure we do--we implement this policy on a routine basis.

I assess that they have the ability to put an ICBM in space and range the continental United States and Canada.

I think that was very strongly supported by members of this committee on both sides of the aisle.

I support General Milley's decision to keep the 4-25th IBCT (ABN) for another year.

I've been supportive of the Department of Defense, Obama administration's missile defense budget.

I think you're very correct on that.

You anticipate that that threat will continue to grow and probably they'll be able to reach Hawaii, Alaska, the East Coast, continental U.S. within five years?

I think the American people need to hear that.

Everybody on this committee has been a real strong supporter of that.

the increasing strategic importance of the Arctic will be a key part of that.

I see this stalemate between the Navy and the Coast Guard on the issue of icebreakers.

Are we going to need more ground-base interceptors to keep up with that threat?

I certainly think it is a strategic mistake for the country to be getting rid of them.