Michael Waltz

Not only should officials be notified, but Floridians, and the voters, should be notified, in the guise of maintaining confidence in our electoral system.

I think this hearing is absolutely necessary, and would have hoped we could work toward some bipartisan solutions before the majority put the bill H.R. 2722 forward this week.

Bottom line, the 21st century space race is on. The Moon will be a critical part of it.

I myself have joined the National Flood Coalition. So I think we are changing the nature of actually what we're doing on this side of the aisle to get things done.

I want to commend Governor DeSantis, my predecessor in this seat, for making the environment and resiliency a priority in his new administration.

I represent the 6th District of Florida. It's on us again starting June 1, and we already have a subtropical storm Andrea out in the Atlantic, so here we go again.

This is a critical issue to me. This is a critical issue for my district and I think for the national security of this country.

Russia and China both explicitly intend to eclipse the United States in space.

The migration problem, the refugee problem from Venezuela is approaching the levels that we saw in Syria.

I do think Plan Colombia--as a Green Beret, I am a little bit invested in that one, as the tip of the spear in Plan Colombia.

I will continue to press, frankly, the Air Force on that capability. We need it now.

I urge the Speaker to immediately schedule this important bill. ____________________

I think the defense strategy is right to shift back to great power competition, but we also can't forget the wars that we are in.

It was incredibly frankly painful to do business with the U.S. Government, with probably about an additional 25 to 30 percent of overhead just to handle all of the regulatory stuff required.

As much as people would like to wish them away, and a lot of people in this town would, we are still there.

I would note, just in my time remaining, I do understand they put a satellite tracking system in Argentina on land lease, so it is a road that--it is a trend we are seeing.

But they have a responsibility as an ally. I mean, this is a 70-year, you know, construct now and the world has changed.

I would submit to you--and I am concerned in hearing testimony across the board from across the services.

Are we prepared? Are you confident that we could win a conflict in space today if we had to do so?

I have introduced legislation that cleans up some past legislation in terms of making it a fully unified command versus the subordinate command.

Russia and China have weaponized space. They have done so; they are in the process of doing so.

I emphasize quickly, to compete with our adversaries in a growing domain, I am asking for my colleagues to support my proposal.

This directive from the President was issued on advice from then-Secretary Mattis and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Yesterday, I introduced legislation to establish a unified combatant command to be known as the United States Space Command.

I mean, just to be candid, talking to the Guard about counting tanks, counting aircraft, parity in fielding, that is important.