Tom Cotton

I find it hard to believe that a simple extension of it, changing nothing but the date, would, therefore, be a violation.

We did not have a prisoner exchange. We released duly convicted prisoners in our courts of law, and we waived warrants that were outstanding.

There are some war fighting functions that machines can carry out more quickly and accurately than humans.

Enormous risks, in fact heightened risks after implementation day, as opposed to less risk.

Do you agree that that private actors face genuine risk of being held accountable for doing what the current Administration is encouraging them to do?

Yeah. And then of course there is the additional benefits of economic growth since the JCPOA and the Obama administration have brought 6 percent growth to Iran while leaving us with 2 percent growth.

The President himself has suggested it could be as high as $150 billion.

But from the JCPOA itself somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 billion?

I would not because the sanctions environment is confused.

The Obama Department of Justice suggested that you require what is--you routinely require it on Federal forms.

CROA reform is something on which I will continue to be engaged, particularly as we look forward to the new arbitration rulemaking.

Goodness. Mr. Chanin, if you think it is tough being questioned by Senator Warren, try to be on her first-year contract class panel one day.

But instead of strengthening our forces against these threats, we have seen sustained cuts to our military's force structure, modernization, and readiness.

It is hard for anyone who has led soldiers in combat to disagree, just as the moms and dads of more than 186,000 soldiers deployed in over 140 countries could never disagree.

I think it was once described-- regulation was once described as a moat around the larger firms, protecting them.

Although commonly perceived as a self-regulator, FINRA is not accountable to the industry in the way a self-regulator would be.

It seems that it is kind of in this neither fish nor fowl category now with its relationship to the SEC.

Over the last 7 years, in many industries, to include the financial services industry, we have seen considerable consolidation.

Given the programs you described, if successful, when might we actually see vehicles commanded by the next generation of H.R. McMasters downrange in Eastern Europe and Middle East with these systems?

I think, as we have discussed, as Senator Ernst raised in her questions, this fits in with the theme of modernization and readiness.

To build upon Senator Sullivan's comments about 450,000 being an unacceptable risk in terms of end strength, there are some ideas in this Congress to mandate a higher level than that, say 480, 490, what have you.

Thank you very much for a productive conversation. Most importantly, thanks for your service to our country.

It sounds to me like it is not working very well.

It seems like a challenging balance to get back to the pre-positioned activity set.

I still have my doubts about that.