Madam President, this week we will debate the budget. The key part is the military budget, one part of our government where the strategy and threats must drive the budget, not vice versa. The greatest threat to our national security is a…

Diplomacy is always more effective when backed by the credible threat of force, though. Correct?

Why, after all, are we negotiating with the Islamic Revolution over their nuclear weapons program, but for the President's quest to harpoon the great white whale of a nuclear agreement with Iran?

I suggest that when people chant 'death to America,' we should take them seriously and reconsider whether we want to make nuclear concessions to such people and their regime.

Why are the Qods Force increasingly the dominant force inside of Iraq, and why is Qasem Suleimani, the commander of the Qods Force, a man with the blood of hundreds of American troops on his hand, showing up like a celebrity on Facebook…

Why is Bashar al-Assad still in power years after the President said he must go but for any reason because Iran views Syria as a legitimate sphere of interest and the President has largely conceded that sphere?

The Middle East is a place of many dangerous and complex questions, and the answer in whole or in part to virtually every one of those questions is Iran.

I would say it's problematic for Russia to be resupplying its forces in Syria by flying through Iraq.

Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator is recognized. Negotiations With Iran

Mr. President, today I want to comment on the recent election in Israel and the Obama administration's outrageous reaction to it. Two days ago Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud Party won a decisive victory in the Israel election…

As you have heard today, I would say all of the members of this subcommittee, as the full committee, are intent on increasing our defense budgets.