It fails to keep pace with record inflation.

It's unacceptable that they be compelled to live by a budget that doesn't fairly recognize this.

the budget falls far short of providing our warfighters the resources they need to carry out their mission.

we would like to see them have that capability because we want--we are in a war for talent.

the Biden budget proposes to cut 12,000 soldiers from the Army, an Army currently providing forward-deployed troops to our NATO allies in Eastern Europe.

All of this invites a tremendous amount of risk and the risk won't be mitigated for years.

Rather than keeping pace with the threat from China, the President's budget would let them lap us.

These retirements represent a huge loss of capability for the Navy and the Marine Corps.

The Chinese Communist Party now controls the largest army and navy in the world.

How can we make sure we are getting absolutely everything we can to Ukraine to help them defend their country?

I would like for us to buy three, and then, use at least two of those along the eastern European flank on a loan basis.

We are at, literally, in my view, a pivot point in the geostrategic history of Europe, for sure, and perhaps the globe with this invasion of Ukraine.

For the second year in a row, the President has sent us a budget that fails to keep pace with China and Russia.

We also need to understand that Russia and China are the principal threats here.

I can't think of a better signal that we could send to our allies and to Putin that we are committed to NATO than this basing issue.

I was quite critical of the administration's handling of the withdrawal from Afghanistan. But I have to tell you, I think that the last 2 months of Putin's war in Ukraine, you've handled brilliantly and so I want to sincerely thank you for…

The threats that we face now are more formidable than at any point in the 20 years I have had the privilege of serving on this committee.

I'm enormously proud of what this joint force is all about.

Spending that money efficiently and effectively in a rapidly changing environment, to me, is the most important thing.

In your best military judgment, is that a good deterrent for us to pursue?

Putin's catastrophic invasion of Ukraine has proven to the rest of the world that he is nothing more than an unhinged crackpot.

President Xi has entered into a no-limits partnership with Putin, providing him with strategic cover and international legitimacy.

We can push for greater freedom, greater economic and political freedom, or we can face the autocracy that Russia and China are trying to bring down upon us.

The only consistent criticism that I've heard in a bipartisan way on the effort in Ukraine is just simply the speed at which things are moving.

We have got to do everything we can that's possible, without going to war with Russia, to ensure that the Ukrainian people remain free and sovereign.