John McCain

Twenty-five years of continuous deployments, troubled acquisition programs, and frequent aircraft divestments have left us with the oldest and smallest Air Force in history.

Logic compels us to assume the risk of attacks on the United States of America or European countries is significantly increased.

I wish that every American could have heard your testimony today.

We must honor his memory by resisting Vladimir Putin's dark and dangerous view of the world.

To the surprise of no one on this committee, it only took until the second day of the so-called ceasefire in Syria before Vladimir Putin resumed his airstrikes in support of the murderous Assad regime.

In March 2016, you told the House Armed Services Committee that efforts were underway to develop a base plan for all phases of TRANSCOM's operations.

I find it deeply disturbing that you are proposing to add expensive fringe benefits allegedly aimed at retention...

Consistently include slavery on the agenda at the highest levels of diplomatic discourse.

We propose the following policy agenda: Dramatically increase resources.

Sustained, intense political support is needed that does not flinch when competing priorities emerge.

The resources to fight slavery are a tiny fraction of the benefits to traffickers.

This evil, which, with the increase in crises and conflict around the world, is not on the decrease, it is on the increase.

We honor her memory. We honor her dedication and her humanitarian behavior.

I am very proud of Cindy McCain's work on this issue.

I think we can be so proud of the Magnitsky Act and the effects that it has had.

MTFs should face competition.

I think it could be made much more explicit and it could be made much more of an effective tool for managing and for improving outcomes and the cost control in the system.

MTFs that cannot succeed in their mission should be downsized or closed.

To some degree, I think what you are talking about overall is competition.

Senator McCain has made this a priority of the committee to try to find a way to reform health care.

Would you do me a favor and send that to me in writing?

General Bogdan, please provide an update on the estimated delivery of ALIS version 2.02, which is required for Air Force Initial Operational Capability (IOC).

My concern with Block 3F is that it is maturing slowly and is unlikely to ultimately provide the full set of combat capabilities the Services currently expect.

Secretary Kendall, would you consider supporting a block buy contracting proposal for the F-35 prior to completion of Initial Operational Test & Evaluation (IOT&E)?

Have you recommended or do you intend to recommend to Secretary James that she make the certification? Why or why not?