"I think it made sense to make it job specific. It obviously takes a lot more physicality being an infantryman then to be a cyber warrior or a pilot."
"How about if we move in that direction. But separately, I would hope, and I'll just leave you with this, that the Army always has a goal to have the most lethal vehicle fleet, not the one that emits t..."
"So, my question is, why are you taking authority away from warfighters, and essentially giving it back to the bureaucracy?"
"With the Navy's request to decommission Freedom-class Littoral Combat Ships are there any plans to utilize these vessels in future Fleet Training Sinking Exercises which would provide an opportunity f..."
"It's clear that this budget fails to invest in the capabilities required to deter conflict and, if necessary, to win the next war. I refuse to support it."
"I don't understand how this administration can conclude that making the size of our fleet even smaller will somehow deter China."
"We should be expanding and modernizing our naval capabilities. We absolutely should not go along with the administration's plan to cut these capabilities."
"Yesterday the intelligence community briefed the Senate, the much talked about timeline. And we basically have 5 years, 2027, until the Chinese Communist Party believes they have overmatch in the West..."
"I'm not buying that we can make up for a 105-ship delta that they can concentrate all in one ocean with short supply lines."
"I think we have allowed this committee and the building to fall into a false choice of readiness versus modernization."
"I think it's very important for the American people to see visually the trend lines of what's going on with our Navy, and what's going on with the Chinese Navy."