"I'd like to thank our Chairwoman, Eddie Bernice Johnson, for bringing together not just the discussion, but also bringing along Frank Lucas in a way to where we can make a difference together."
"I am an optimist about America, if we focus on our strengths."
"If we don't have our own house in order financially, if we continue to build on a $30 trillion debt, that may imperil our ability to make those investments that you find so critical."
"January 6 was horrible. Everybody should be prosecuted that participated. But I`m just not seeing this specific threat that keeps these soldiers here."
"Looking forward, there will continue to be a need for the government to pave the way on very specific innovations that satisfy specific government needs."
"I am concerned about the challenges you identified for the government to find and maintain an adequate AI literate workforce."
"I would just remark that we all know that if we have to fight our way back in, that we will be tending, I think, many more funerals than a current sustained pressure campaign with limited forces."
"I think it is also worth noting that we still have an American hostage held by the Taliban, just taken in the last few months."
"We need to go back and support all of our nursing homes--I don't know what we're doing wrong, but clearly that nursing home was not prepared for this."
"You agree with me, and I want to get out there on the record, those are two totally separate, divorced, independent moves."
"This is only going to stop when the other side understands that we have the capability and will to impose costs on their system."