"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 find it incredible that we are laying out in a long-term strategy to go to electric tanks and fighting vehicles."
"Do we control the lithium, the cobalt, the manganese that would go into an EV fleet?"
"There should be no unfunded priorities for our number one threat."
"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."
"We have to move more quickly, if the theme of today is we are running out of time."
"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."
"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."