John McCain

The challenge here is we have to get control over requirements.

It is now conventional wisdom--and we're going to find out whether it's correct or not--that no weapons system, once it's in production, can ever be killed or can ever be terminated.

What has exacerbated and exaggerated the problem, to an alarming degree, is that we've seen this consolidation in the defense industry.

I welcome the President and Secretary Gates' endorsement of the bill and their commitment to work with Congress.

I fully endorse Secretary Gates' recommendations to improve the performance of the Defense Department acquisition programs.

I strongly support Secretary Gates' recommendations to restructure a number of major defense programs.

The recommendations proposed by Secretary Gates provide a snapshot of difficult decisions still to come.

Secretary Gates' overall 2010 budget and policy recommendations reflect his best judgment, reflecting lessons learned from prosecuting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for over 2 years.

I support a number of the Secretary's recommendations, which require among other things--making very tough choices now on specific weapon systems and defense priorities for the 2010 budget.

Secretary Gates's recommendations, at least in my view, reaffirm support for our military, veterans, and their families; rebalance programs; and reform the Pentagon's acquisition and contracting mechanism.

I'm a strong believer in missile defense and always have been.

There are no two people I know in Washington who have a better understanding both of the strategic and tactical challenges the United States of America faces now and in the future.

Those of us who supported comprehensive immigration reform learned a lesson. People want us to secure the border and enforce the law before they are going to have an open mind about comprehensive reform.

I think it is only appropriate that we provide them an expedited path to becoming American citizens so they can actually have the full benefits of American citizenship for a country that they have risked their life to serve.

I believe we must streamline our temporary working programs, offer more visas to highly skilled students who study at our colleges and universities.

I think it is essential that a President demonstrate the kind of leadership that can only come from the President telling us what his plan is.

I welcome the President's announcement that he considers immigration reform to be an important subject.

If we learned anything about the debate, it is that the Washington elites cannot dictate to the American people what the solution must be.

We have not yet gotten the job done, and we have to persevere.

An important component of an immigration reform system... is a temporary worker program.

The biggest victim of the status quo is the immigrant who is here living in the shadows.

The status quo is not acceptable to anyone.

When would we have a sufficient number of vaccines necessary? I would be interested in when you anticipate for those original estimates will be met.

But you also just said there are millions of people who will not be vaccinated.

So you have significant confidence that will not be a problem?