Mike Rogers

We're a month into Putin's catastrophic invasion of Ukraine. The Russian offensive appears to be stalled.

I think we have learned beyond any shadow of a doubt that alliances matter, okay--that 'America first' isn't going to get you very far if you don't have friends and allies.

Without question, NATO is more important now than it has been for a very, very long time and, in particular, in Eastern Europe.

We should ramp up everything that we can give them we should get Putin to want to come to the table, because he is having such a horrible time of it

What’s happening on the ground is Ukrainians are paying a heavy price they’re dying every day.

I would not count them out just yet. Because remember, they don’t have to have a precise military operation to accomplish what they want.

The conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and American democracy will be one of the greatest tests this Nation has ever faced.

I am deeply worried about the cycle of indecision and procrastination at the Pentagon.

We simply cannot procrastinate any further.

As we focus on the following--on the growing threat from China and Putin's appalling act in Ukraine, we must not neglect the many national security challenges in our own backyard.

They were more concerned about provoking Putin than defending democracy in Ukraine.

Unfortunately, the assistance provided by Ukraine--to Ukraine by this administration hasn't reached its full potential. It's been too little too late.

Given Putin's war of choice, now is an especially important time for us to focus on how we provide security assistance to our allies and partners.

I think the best way to demonstrate this is to enhance our position there.

CRs hurt our national security. We all know that.

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 gentlemen, I am very concerned about…

Every single failure that we are now witnessing, Congress warned against in writing in a law over a year ago.

This committee for well over a year cautioned both Presidents against a premature withdrawal from Afghanistan.

I have no other view to see this as a lie, a falsehood from our President.

The collapse of the government and the collapse of the military was solely responsibility of this administration.

It will go down in history as one of the greatest failures of American leadership.

This wasn't an extraordinary success; it was an extraordinary disaster.

The withdrawal was an unmitigated disaster.

I could not disagree more with his observations about Afghanistan and the President's decision.

I would point out that achieving or meeting the objectives that the gentlewoman just outlined and defense are not mutually exclusive, we can do both and should do both. And I would point out that the $3.5 trillion that the other side is…