Tom Cotton

So Hezbollah, a declared terrorist organization that operates in the Middle East, is responsible in part for the drug flow in Latin America that has had the impact that you have heard Senators on this dais talk about today, killing…

Speaking of countries without vital strategic interest in Latin America, let us turn to Iran.

To what extent is Russia and, for that matter, other hostile powers in the old world aiming to tie down the United States, our attention, and our resources in the new world so we cannot project power and influence into the old world?

Is it fair to say the INF Treaty is a treaty that is more beneficial to the United States than it is to Russia?

I want to turn to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.

Stealth technology has advanced considerably over the last 30 years. Are our adversaries' radars advancing as well to counteract our advances in stealth technology?

Without a new air-launched cruise missile, you foresee a future in which that B-21 might have to penetrate into advanced air defenses rather than being able to use a stand-off cruise missile?

Your recommendation is that we proceed with an LRSO program.

I would like to associate myself with the remarks of Senator Blumenthal on the helicopter program.

Russia is attempting to increase their influence throughout the Middle East.

I think it is key to ensure that Pakistan and Afghanistan have a very good relationship.

What is the level of political consensus and stability between the north and the south in that country right now?

To my friends in the house, pause, start over. Get it right, don't get it fast.

The DNI over time has imposed bureaucratic mandates on the agencies

I reserve the right to object. If the Democratic leader wants to proceed.

I have one request for a committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to Rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committees…

Mick will treat every taxpayer dollar as if it were his own.

The way I see it, the Director's job is to give the President the unvarnished truth.

I urge you not only to advance his nomination, but also to do so as soon as possible.

I want to add my voice in support of confirming Mick Mulvaney as the next Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

For the president, especially a president who's made so much recently about the danger that WikiLeaks has posed to our national security, to commute Private Manning's sentence, I think it's very disappointing.

I will stand up for our Army background.

I am very glad that the President-elect has selected you to be our Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

I think it is an appalling failure of our Government and our society that we have veterans who are willing to risk their lives for our country, and they currently live in worse conditions than they did in the deserts of Iraq or the…

I want to add my voice of gratitude to the many Members of this Committee who have expressed our gratitude for the men and women of our intelligence community.