"Every single failure that we are now witnessing, Congress warned against in writing in a law over a year ago."
"the one thing I would like to ask is that as soon as practical that we do have the classified hearing on the over-the-horizon capabilities because as I have spoken individually with all three of these..."
"Having said that, I look forward to hearing from the Department and the Independent Review Commission about this new set of recommendations to better address sexual assault in the military."
"This budget is woefully inadequate. It doesn't keep pace with China. It doesn't even keep pace with inflation."
"It constitutes a cut of over $4 billion in real dollars."
"It cuts the size of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps."
"The President's defense budget is woefully inadequate. It falls far short of providing our warfighters the resources they need to carry out their mission."
"The President's top line for defense is forcing the Army alone to slash funding by nearly $4 billion."
"There is no guarantee the United States would win a future conflict with China."
"we can't keep deferring taking action on keeping pace with China, because it's going to get us in a bad situation."
"this budget is, basically, level funding, just a little bit of a dip, it's irresponsible in the long term."
"I wholeheartedly agree with that. I was optimistic that President--the President would hear that rhetoric from the Secretary and turn it into action."