Tom Cotton actually said...

"Will an armored brigade combat team sufficiently improve NATO's ability to respond?"

"In the end, I think some kind of genuine action on our part is going to be necessary; otherwise, they will present us with a fait accompli in the South China Sea."

"Do you think it is more humanitarian to preserve these munitions in our arsenal and, hopefully, deter them or any other munitions from ever having to be used, or to remove them from the arsenal and pe..."

"I think deterrence works best when deterrence is clear, as with relationships that we have with NATO, Taiwan, and so forth."