"What in the hell is the priority here? Is it to rebuild Tyndall or maybe Offutt, or is it to build 100 miles of fence?"
"Who decides that that wall is more important than getting Tyndall Air Force Base back up and operating, which is a key base, and STRATCOM, a key base? A fence is more important? I think not."
"The Air Force's assessment does not align with the CBO's projected savings."
"The decision was made to transfer it for the construction of 150 miles of border fence, rather than Tyndall, Offutt, or Lejeune."
"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."
"Do not expect transfer authorities in the coming year because of what has happened this year."
"I don't understand why the billion dollars from the U.S. Army personnel account was transferred to the counternarcotics account."
"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?"
"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."