Michael Waltz

The U.S., I want to be clear, has absolutely benefited greatly from international scientific collaboration.

I look forward to a constructive discussion about how we ensure a balance of maintaining the spirit of open, academic collaboration while also protecting proprietary technology.

We carefully crafted the provision with stakeholders to ensure that legitimate international exchanges are still permitted.

I am deeply sorry for what has happened to your family, what happened to you, what happened to your reputation.

This war is not done. It is not over. This is a war against Islamic extremism. It is a war against an ideology.

I am just livid at the fact of the future Americans that are going to have to go back to clean up this mess.

I would have thought we would have learned the lesson from Iraq.

the President of the United States is selling this country a fiction that we can do over here with nothing

Frankly, they are being slaughtered right now, as we speak, with our weapons.

For me, as well, this is a very personal endeavor and a very personal bill. Speaking as a combat veteran of the Afghan war, the Afghans supporting our troops weren't just interpreters; they became our brothers and our sisters on the…

I am not asking or suggesting that States should lose force structure.

Every time you have to go to that employer and say, 'I am leaving,' that really has an impact.

2020 as the Year of the National Guard. And I couldn't agree more, between COVID response, national unrest, vaccine deployment.

I think we need to look at what we are calling homeland defense.

I am having a hard time believing you have a sufficient budget.

I do think there is a narrative out there that as we shift to the Indo-Pacific that is primarily an Air Force and Navy fight.

I think that is an appropriate role for Congress, but then also that education piece...

Moving from plastic waste to plastic reuse ensures the protection of Florida's pristine beaches.

Our national security is at risk as long as we are dependent on foreign nations, particularly China.

Investments in research and development of new sustainable materials and recycling technologies will help the environment and the U.S. economy.

The U.S. recycling infrastructure has failed to keep up with the booming plastics market.

In the 20th century the United States was a leader in the development of plastics.

I'm an avid recycler, and my 17-year-old daughter keeps me on track in that regard.

The U.S. has a new opportunity to lead in the development of a circular economy of plastics.

I look forward to working with this Committee to move the ball forward.