Why doesn't the existing U.S. nuclear force have sufficient capacity for discrimination?

The government has to protect its interest.

We need to change it. We need to confront them and we need to find a way to do it that's limited and calculated so that they understand that we're serious.

Well absolutely, we need to take some action. But I have a little different perspective. This is a great opportunity from a Russian perspective to fire missiles they've converted from ship to ship targets to a ship to land targets.

I just find that obscene.

I intend to do everything in my power to fix it that way before I leave Congress.

given that so many senior U.S. military leaders are saying they are our biggest threat, it is going to be a virtual impossibility to get more money out of Congress for Russia.

A $50,000 fine is obscene.

One of my concerns has been when OSHA comes in and does a plant inspection, just a regular annual or semi-annual plant inspection, there have been no accidents or injuries, and during an inspection they find that some machine or part of…

Why in the world would you not tell somebody what they have to do to come back into compliance?

Good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order.

If they fix it, free pass.

That is what I thought. Thank you, Chairman. So, Mr. Speaker, we have an easy choice here today: we can vote for a conference report that sends a bill to the President that provides him authorized funding at exactly the level he requested…

Thank you. That is what I thought. Does the chairman recall who it was that testified that the amount requested for fiscal year 2016 for the national defense is ``at the ragged edge of manageable risk?''

I want to thank you for your leadership in getting us here today. I would like to ask the chairman a question if I might. Does the legislation provide the President the exact amount of money he requested in his budget request?

I am very concerned that the Air Force acquisition approach is going to take 4 or more years to get these helicopters.

I really believe that we should see an immediate reprogramming request for the fiscal year 2017 budget.

Unity of effort within our Department and across the U.S. Government in this mission set is essential.

I have always believed that we must contest ISIL in the information domain every bit as aggressively as we are contesting them on the battlefield.

I thought the response to Sony, where we, for example, talked about the economic options as a Nation we would exercise, was a good way to remind the world around us that there's a broad set of capabilities and levers that are available to…

I think we have to clearly articulate, in broad terms, what is acceptable and unacceptable, norms, if you will, of behavior.

U.S. Cyber Command has made measurable progress. We are achieving significant operational outcomes, and we have a clear path ahead.

There's a perception, there is little price to pay for engaging in some pretty aggressive behaviors, and, because of a lack of repercussions, you see actors, nation-states, indeed, willing to do more.

It is incoherent. When you ask our Arab League allies, the first question you get back from them is, hey, what is the United States' policy? What are you doing? Who are we for and who are we against?

I agree with Fareed. It is incoherent.