We can't fall behind, can we not?

With threats around the world ranging from ISIL and rogue nations on one end, to increasingly assertive near-peer competitors on the other, it is an important time to focus on innovation and investments in our advanced capabilities.

Let's talk about the replacement engine, which this committee has funded the research and development.

What does $2 billion mean? We can replace every Humvee in the Marine Corps, increase pay raises for our troops by 2.

We want to get through it, but we don't want to jeopardize anything for American security to do that.

It could be a national security cost plus a physical cost, could it not?

Secretary Kendall, will you and your staff continue to work with this subcommittee on ensuring that the department, Secretary of Defense, intelligence, everything, can acquire the engines that you say you need for national security?

If we don't use Russian engines in transition while we're building this American engine, we're forced to use Delta engines through the United Launch Alliance.

When we field superior capabilities, we give our potential adversaries more reasons to pursue peace, and our military more options to win any fight.

this amendment offered by my friend from Georgia sounds good, but let's examine it for a little while. This amendment is opposed by the scholars of the Heritage Foundation, the Cato Institute, the American Action Forum, the American…

It would also project energy savings and inflated borrowers' income for debt-to-income valuation. I think it would be dangerous for FHA loans. We don't need it. FHA already has an FHA energy-efficient program, and according to HUD, FHA's…

The third offset strategy is based on the idea that we need to be as creative and innovative as we can to find some new ideas and new technologies.