"The Indo-Pacific region is a crucially important region to the national security of the United States and to the peace and stability of the world."
"Russia and China, as we know, are actively engaged in many parts of the world."
"China is, without question, the country most capable of competing with the U.S. in terms of their economic strength."
"We need to convince the world to go in a different direction, and to do that, we need a robust presence in the Indo-Pacific region."
"Congratulations to the administration for helping make that come together."
"I do want to remember that the submarine piece is one portion of it, right?"
"I think, certainly, this committee is going to want to do everything to enable the success of that."
"In line with your concept of distributed logistics, and especially in light of the Red Hill closure, do you believe that the 10 vessels authorized under the Tanker Security Program will be enough?"
"I think the U.S. should ratify UNCLOS and get part of the structure of enforcing that type of illegal behavior."
"The House of Representatives failed the military and veteran community today."
"I'd like to see the Stryker Brigade that's moved there temporarily made permanent."
"the notion that the Biden administration is suppressing oil and gas or that Canadian oil is not coming into the U.S., as both of these industry journals indicate is, in fact, not correct."