"I share your concern on these acquisition issues. I have been, as you know, concerned about that for a long time."
"I must address an issue that is close to my heart that speaks to the realities of risk not only in high-end warfare but also in training."
"I agree with General Brown's 'accelerate, change, or lose' vision."
"American air dominance is not a birthright. We must evolve into a new warfighting era to maintain our edge."
"He recognized the Air Force needed to do better at bringing disruption into the system, including small business."
"I am cautiously optimistic that the Drought Interagency Working Group will take a serious look at water storage."
"the threats from Russia and China are real. We will soon face, for the first time in our history, two nuclear-capable peer competitors."
"the administration's proposed reduction of defense spending would prevent us from meeting the goals in our National Defense Strategy."
"I struggle to think of another time in American history that we have asked the Guard to do the range of missions and at the tempo in which they have been operating over the past year."
"the Chinese already have 60 more ships than the United States, and they are very capable ships."
"the allocation that the administration has come up with for our defense budget is not adequate."