John Garamendi

Do not expect transfer authorities in the coming year because of what has happened this year.

So the money could be better spent on a 100-mile fence rather than on all the other needs that the U.S. Army has?

The decision was made to transfer it for the construction of 150 miles of border fence, rather than Tyndall, Offutt, or Lejeune.

I don't understand why the billion dollars from the U.S. Army personnel account was transferred to the counternarcotics account.

The 2018 NPR stated that the Minuteman III missiles 'will have increasing difficulty penetrating future adversary defenses.'

In 2017 the CBO projected that $17.5 billion could be saved over the next 30 years by delaying development of a new ICBM by 20 years.

Absent Russia materially breaching the New START Treaty, do you see any reason for the United States to withdraw from the treaty before it expires in 2021?

I think it is interesting that Vietnam asked or allowed us, asked or allowed, whichever way we want to put it, us to park the Carl Vinson right there.

I don't think we, as the United States, have paid enough attention to our backyard and the Western Hemisphere.

Mr. Garamendi. Secretary Schriver. Well, I think our engagement is very important.

Mr. Garamendi. My apologies to my colleagues for jumping in front of them.

Mr. Garamendi. Mr. Chairman, I like the way you enforce the rules. Thank you very much for the courtesy of calling on me and my colleagues.

I just draw my colleagues' attention to the whole of government and the fact that in the President's budget most of the whole of government, with the exception of the military, is significantly reduced.

The United States Constitution is extraordinarily clear about who has the power of appropriation. It is not the President.

We will use it. Enormous potential here and enormous need.

The requirement will be that it be built to maximum resiliency given the threats that exist there.

Does it make any sense to rebuild at that place?

One of the most significant threats facing our national security is climate change.

We should, in my view, require that that project be resilient to the risks at that particular location.

Is the U.S. military ready for climate change? Recent events indicate considerable doubt.

I love your passion on this issue. I love your leadership.

You guys are establishing a terrible precedent.

We need to go on the offense and start trying to find ways to grow the industry.

For decades, we have been coming to Congress, stressing the need for more ships and more jobs.

The Energizing American Shipbuilding Act is a comprehensive bill designed to address all four of the major concerns--mariners, jobs, ships and cargo.