John McCain

We passed the Affordable Care Act on a party line vote.

According to recent estimates from the Department of Defense, the cost to operate, maintain, and modernize the Department's nuclear forces will be $234 billion between fiscal year 2017 and 2026.

To move forward with any certainty, the threat of sequestration must be eliminated.

Absent legislation, the sequestration caps set by the Budget Control Act of 2011 will return in Fiscal Year 2018 forcing the Army to draw down end-strength even further.

The preponderance of the combat equipment resident in our Army today was designed and built in the era of the Reagan defense build-up.

The Air Force is the service most affected by the impending modernization investment 'bow wave' of the 2020s, peaking at over half of the Department of Defense's modernization investment requirement in a single year at approximately $35…

Considering the additional acquisition authorities Congress provided the Service Chiefs in the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, and is proposing in the Fiscal Year 2017 NDAA, what specific actions will you take…

These people are saying they want to cross the line and die for their country.

I am a big, big fan of the Marines.

We have got a lot of issues, but I appreciate the fact that you have outlined for this committee and I hope for the American people the necessity of us addressing these challenges.

But we must ask ourselves are we doing everything we can for them. Are we serving them with a similar degree of courage in the performance of our duties? The answer I say with profound sadness is we are not.

Through it all, we lose sight of the fact that the dysfunction of Washington has very real consequences for the thousands of Americans serving in uniform and sacrificing on our behalf all around the Nation and the world.

Far too often, Washington is governed by crisis and stop-gap deals like continuing resolutions, omnibus spending bills, and episodic budget agreements that are a poor substitute for actually doing our jobs.

Montenegro's membership to NATO could be a driving force of stability in the region.

I recommend the committee waive the 7-day rule in order to permit the confirmation of the nomination of these officers before the Senate goes out for the October recess.

I would--since a quorum is not present, but we have pending military nominations, I would ask unanimous consent to waive the requirement for two more members in order to conduct a routine business for the 4,158 pending military…

Of course, I have. He's a murderer and thug.

Senator John McCain as a co-sponsor.

Anyone that the people of this country choose to be the commander in chief and the president of the United States, therefore, can lead this country and will lead in a responsible fashion.

I have said that I would support the nominee of the party. And let me just say to you, that is the last time.

I cannot emphasize enough how deeply I disagree with Mr. Trump's statement. I hope Americans understand that the remarks do not represent the views of our Republican Party, its officers or candidates.

If you attack that, and succeed in destroying that, you've destroyed democracy.

Right now, there is no policy. There is no policy that you can describe to me as to what we would do about an impending attack or what we would do about an attack. There's a vacuum there.

Unless there is a policy about what the United States actions will be in the case of a threat, in the case of actual attack, in the case of other aspects of this challenge we're on, then you're going to see legislation.

This is the first time we've seen attempted interference in an--in elections in the United States of America, isn't it, Admiral?