Michael Waltz

This continued support is at risk domestically, politically, here if we don't see the administration getting results.

I think fair to say that the 31 most modern militaries in the world and a strengthened NATO alliance... could handle the remnants of the Russian military.

I 100 percent agree, and we will be looking to insert that certification language into future legislation.

I find it incredible that we are laying out in a long-term strategy to go to electric tanks and fighting vehicles.

Call to order this hearing of the Readiness Subcommittee of the fiscal year 2024 budget request for military readiness.

Do we control the lithium, the cobalt, the manganese that would go into an EV fleet?

I want to just make sure that none of our DOD funds are going to purchase Chinese battery technology or any other technology that is coming from China.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps cites amphib availability at about 32 percent.

Are we going to be having a conversation this summer about cutting force structure in the Army?

I find that just jaw-dropping, that we are driving our military... into greater dependency on our greatest adversary.

I will be introducing legislation to expand Junior ROTC to help with this recruiting crisis.

Are we going to fall short again?

I am concerned, however, about the timeliness of these efforts, and you will continue, Ranking Member Garamendi and I think agree on this...

There should be no unfunded priorities for our number one threat.

We have to move more quickly, if the theme of today is we are running out of time.

Chairman Xi has said that reunification with Taiwan one way or another, including the use of military force, just said it to the 20th party congress, is inevitable.

if the United States was clear, we are coming to the defense of democracy in Taiwan, then it would drive clarity in the region.

I support the delivery of aid, but I think there's different ways that we can do it.

Look, we know that Iran continues to evade sanctions.

My message--and please take this back to both AID and State--is that there is a direct correlation to continued domestic support to your ability to be able to get in theater and do your job.

I think the first question to Dr. Asher and Mr. Ruggiero, from your perspective, how is the Biden Administration's lack of sanction enforcement on Iran impacted the stability of Iraq?

H.R. 854 would allow Gold Star spouses to move forward with their lives, allowing them to remarry, free of fear of losing their benefits owed to them for their family's noble sacrifice.

I know--and we are going to get delivered to this committee, Mr. Chairman, information of Haqqani and Taliban bank accounts that are lined before it ever gets to the Afghan people.

Tuesday, Chairman Banks and I wrote a letter to the Superintendent of West Point, regarding a Dean's Weekend training scenario...

We had a training stand-down from the Secretary of Defense as the first order. Not on accidents, not planes crashing, not on ships crashing, although those things are happening. We didn't have servicewide stand-downs then. We had one on…