The President's top line for defense is forcing the Army alone to slash funding by nearly $4 billion.

this budget is, basically, level funding, just a little bit of a dip, it's irresponsible in the long term.

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.

Let me start by saying that this argument that we have to get rid of the AUMF is just ridiculous. We pass the National Defense Authorization Act every year. We have passed it every year for 60 consecutive years. If we don't want to…

I refuse to support it. We should be expanding and modernizing our naval capabilities as called for by the last administration.

I just don't know why we would agree with anything that would reduce the force structure and induce a near-term risk with China.

I wholeheartedly agree with that. I was optimistic that President--the President would hear that rhetoric from the Secretary and turn it into action.

the fact is these UFRs [unfunded requirements] are necessary and we need to fund them.

why are you canceling the program that our best military minds on deterrence tell us that we need to deter Russia and China?

this budget doesn't get you there.

This budget is throwing the shipbuilding industrial base further into disarray.