John McCain: “What concerns, if any, do you have about increasingly relying on the old B-52 platform to satisfy our long-range strike…”

I want to say to all of you that I am so honored to be here to speak before this Committee.

I'm the luckiest guy on earth. I have served America's cause, the cause of our security and the security of our friends, the cause of freedom and equal justice all my adult life.

I have to recognize that it has been this body, this Senate Committee, very important Committee on Indian Affairs that has been helping us.

Have you read about the FAST Act? Oh, yes. We have read about it but we really do not, you know, have to, like, pay a lot of attention to it.