Lloyd Austin

We need to greatly enhance our ability to conduct war directly against China including pre-positioning tons of material, armaments, weapons, so forth.

My mandate is to make sure that we continue to deter China on a daily basis.

Not only China, but we will see other bad actors around the world try to do the same.

No amount of money can make up for lost time, and as you have said Chair Murray, PRC is not waiting.

The best way that Congress can ensure our strategic advantage is with an on-time appropriation that supports the President's budget request.

The PRC is becoming our only global competitor with both the power and the intent to reshape the international system to suit its authoritarian preferences.

Beijing has increased its bullying and provocations in the Indo-Pacific.

The PRC is our only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international system.

We must use all the tools of American power.

My mandate is to make sure that we continue to deter China on a daily basis.

We need to greatly enhance our ability to conduct war directly against China including pre-positioning tons of material, armaments, weapons, so forth.

We are asking for some $30 billion to invest in munitions.

Not only China, but we will see other bad actors around the world try to do the same.

No amount of money can make up for lost time, and as you have said Chair Murray, PRC is not waiting.

The best way that Congress can ensure our strategic advantage is with an on-time appropriation that supports the President's budget request.

The PRC is becoming our only global competitor with both the power and the intent to reshape the international system to suit its authoritarian preferences.

The PRC is our only competitor with both the intent and, increasingly, the capacity to reshape the international system.

We must use all the tools of American power.

Beijing has increased its bullying and provocations in the Indo-Pacific.

We need to greatly enhance our ability to conduct war directly against China including pre-positioning tons of material, armaments, weapons, so forth.

My mandate is to make sure that we continue to deter China on a daily basis.

Not only China, but we will see other bad actors around the world try to do the same.

The best way that Congress can ensure our strategic advantage is with an on-time appropriation that supports the President's budget request.

Here in Alaska, we are where the Indo-Pacific Nation and us, as an Arctic nation, intersect, these two critical regions intersect.

DOD and DHS have overlapping equities, and we continuously collaborate, and share information in order to be able to better protect our information domestically.