Political Quotes

Only about 15 percent of that gets to the ground, Madam Secretary. That is all I am saying. It is woefully inefficient, and we can do better.

I believe it is a noble mission. But I am a numbers guy, and as an appropriator, especially right now where our Nation is seeing record inflation, 8.5 percent, and a debt of $30 trillion at the Federal level, we have got to pay attention to these numbers a little closer than we have maybe historically.

We are asking for even more money for counterintelligence and cyber defense, but we are worried not only about China, but about Russia, and about its immediate threat to us, and about North Korea, and about Iran.

I would just encourage us all to keep looking at this as these are green shoots and, I think, very important options for us.