John McCain

You have not complied with the laws, the total number of F-35's.

I think it was important that we have a capability.

Why would you not ever want to tell the American people how you are going to spend their dollars?

You are not serving the Nation or the taxpayers if they do not know how much of their taxpayer dollars are being spent.

Frankly, I have never heard of this before, that they should not know how much of their dollars that they pay in taxes are being spent because somebody might connect the dots?

Why should the taxpayers not know? Why should the average citizen not know what the cost of a--whatever--how many tens of billions of dollars--$80 billion to $100 billion program?

I believe that the 2016 NDAA required a reporting on the total number of F-35's that will be procured.

The root cause of our unsecured border literally is our insatiable demand for drugs

Finally, on the children showing up at the border, is one of the answers increasing our embassy and consulate capabilities in those three countries...

I think we need more resources at the Federal Government level, not just DHS, but DOJ and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)...

But it also seems that the problem is increasing--according to these Governors--rather than decreasing.

I hope that this Committee and the Congress can get some recommendations from you, because, frankly, I have not seen anything quite like this...

I know that you know that there is an epidemic of manufactured heroin, and the deaths from manufactured heroin overdoses have been described by some Governors, including the Governor of New Hampshire, as a, quote, 'epidemic.'

I think that, just as we in the military provide incentive pay for hardship positions, I hope that you would look at that.

We are terribly short on staffing at our ports of entry on our Southern Border.

It is interesting in these hearings, General, how it matters how the question is asked. I think facts are stubborn things.

Libya-based threats to United States interests are growing and if left unchecked, I believe they have the highest potential among security challenges.

I think we as part of that international community have to do more.

Do you believe vigorous action should be taken in response to the metastasizing of ISIL?

Do you think Putin's $8 billion in advanced arms sales to Iran increased risk to U.S. forces and operations in the region?

Clearly, the approach that the Russians have taken is irresponsible. They are using dumb bombs.

Do you agree with General Breedlove that President Vladimir Putin is 'deliberately weaponizing migration in an attempt to overwhelm European structures and break European resolve.'

This emerging vacuum has been filled by the most extreme and anti-American of forces: Sunni terrorist groups, such as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant [ISIL] and al Qaeda; Shiite extremists, such as the Islamic Republic of Iran and its…

Nowhere is this unraveling more visible or more dangerous than the Middle East.

Our Nation's most distinguished national security leaders have testified before this committee repeatedly that we are witnessing the unraveling of the rules-based international order.