John Garamendi

I will take this issue to the members of the committee, since it is central to the purpose of this committee.

I think it was your--two of you, anyway, maybe all three of you--that we eliminate those hindrances for discussion.

Get on with the negotiations.

Do you believe the New START Treaty meets that threshold?

We spent a lot of time at this hearing on training. There are the other pieces of this puzzle need to be more fully explored, particularly the readiness of the ship itself, the equipment, maintenance, and the like.

When Russia violated the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in the 1980s by building the Krasnoyarsk radar, how did the United States confront Russia about its violation?

The Trump Administration's Nuclear Posture Review also notes that the Administration will seek arms control agreements that enhance security, and are verifiable and enforceable.

Going back to the issue of Syria, and the pullout of Syria, and the reality that there really was no strategic strategy behind the pullout tweet...

Reconciliation between the Afghan Government and Taliban can only be achieved by bringing sufficient political, social, and military pressure on the insurgents to accept a negotiated settlement.

It would be very useful to have a full report immediately on the deployment of these troops to the border...

I thank the gentleman for bringing our attention to the real-life problems that these employees have personally and that are being created for Americans, whether it is the weather or a broken pipeline or an airplane that wasn't inspected…

I think I just heard that we are in the 25th day of the shutdown. I see some of my good Republican friends over there, and perhaps we ought to engage in a debate about the wisdom of this shutdown. Can anybody find any good reason for the…

The ball is in the Senate's court. The president says he'll veto it. So there's where the problem lies right there.

It would be terribly, terribly serious, the disaster recovery money that was allocated last spring in the appropriation process is absolutely necessary to shore up the levies in the Sacramento region.

My legislation would be much more targeted, it goes directly at the authority that may exist today for the president to declare a national emergency, and then go after the money that Congress has already authorized and appropriated for…

This is a guy that has five different opinions from morning until the next day.

Ultimately, it is going to come down to money here.

The analysis is not valid.

We could do that. It is all about choices, folks.

The money is there. The question is, where are we going to spend it?

Oh, Russia is a problem. The National Defense Strategy says there are two major conflicts potential, one Russia, one China.

The problem is us. And we are either going to decide to build icebreakers or build a wall, and we are going to do it in the next 2 weeks.

It always comes down to money, doesn't it? And the problem is not the Coast Guard. It is not the shipyards. The problem are 435 Members of Congress and 100 Senators and a President.

We really ought to subpoena Mulvaney.

It is all about cargo.