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

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.

Haven't seen it.

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.

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…

I learned that a long time ago.

We encourage the committee to consider bipartisan legislation, the FAIR Pricing Act, sponsored by Senators Baldwin and McCain that would bring great transparency to the pharmaceutical industry.

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?

The whole Russia-related security issues that you demonstrated as important to you as a member of the committee, did you raise those with him?