They came awfully close to succeeding. If we hadn't had an informant from the inside, they might have succeeded.

Should we be concerned about that level of violence that the GRU is willing to engage in in order to overthrow a freely elected government?

Opposition letter dated June 28, 2017 to Hon. Mitch McConnell from John McCain, United States Senator.

Please know that I will use whatever means I have at my disposal to block consideration of this nominee.

I find his nomination to any position of trust in our government to be personally offensive.

No. Of course not. For the obvious reason, that no one has been shared it. We used to complain like hell when the Democrats ran the Affordable Care Act. Now, we're doing the same thing.

Oh, no, never a problem. No, of course not. I always like to move forward with legislation that I haven't seen.

We desperately need a new approach. Unfortunately, the Administration's fiscal year 2018 budget request is insufficient to meet the challenges we face, rebuild the readiness and capacity of our force, and regain our military technological…

the greatest immediate threat that our military faces is right here in Washington: fiscal uncertainty, continuing resolutions, arbitrary and inadequate caps on defense spending, 4 more years of the Budget Control Act (BCA), and the threat…

Our Navy has been too small for more than a decade. Despite a requirement for more than 300 ships since 2006, the fleet has remained between 270 and 290 ships.

I learned that a long time ago.

Did you raise concerns about Russia's support for President Bashar Assad and his campaign of indiscriminate violence against his own citizens, including his use of chemical weapons?