John McCain

This recommendation would weaken the Chief of Air Force Reserve's ability to execute key statutory obligations.

The Air Force is facing many large procurement programs over the next decade: the F-35A, the KC-46A, the Long Range Strike Bomber...

Are you comfortable with the added risk to cost growth and schedule delays by increasing procurement quantities while testing is still ongoing?

A contract was recently signed for multiyear procurement (MYP) of the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) which saved approximately 18.38 percent over annual contracts.

What risks are being assumed with the insufficiencies?

I thank you for your eloquent dissertation on sequestration, and I totally agree with it.

Do you believe that the current military compensation and benefit structure has a negative impact on military readiness?

If sequestration continues in fiscal year 2016, how will it harm personnel and readiness programs?

If Congress does not authorize the additional changes requested in compensation and benefits, the Department will be forced to take additional reductions within the readiness and modernization accounts.

Sequestration cannot continue without putting the lives of the men and women who are serving in uniform today in danger.

I think we should absolutely consider providing lethal aid, and it ought to be in the context of our NATO allies, because Putin's ultimate objective is to fracture NATO.

I ask Congress to support the entirety of this budget and end the deep, indiscriminate cuts that sequestration will impose.

Can you explain why CVN-79 experienced a $3.1 billion increase, a 38 percent growth in the estimated cost?

Do you believe that AAG should be designated a sub-program--as EMALS was, in order to facilitate better oversight?

What difference does it make whether he hides it? There's no hiding what he's done. Everybody knows what he's done.

Both Senator Reed and I have reached agreement on that letter, and I'd like you to look at it, and as many as possible can sign it.

That's a rather dramatic change, it seems to me. And obviously, they'd be filling in--that in, in order to place installations there.

I'm sure that the Russians had a significant advantage when they invaded Afghanistan.

If we stick to sequestration, as it is planned, it will impair our ability for you to do your job and defend this Nation.

I'm sure he felt exactly the same way that Vladimir Putin does.

I will predict to you now he will put additional pressure on Mariupol, because he wants to establish the land bridge there.

What does that mean? I--it's----

If I were him, I would do exactly that, too. He's got plenty of time.

This idea that somehow we will provoke Vladimir Putin--he's done everything he wanted to do.

Following through on some of these proposals would reverse U.S. and NATO policy of reducing reliance on nuclear weapons.