Michael Waltz

This bill requires our arms sales process to grow.

I find it incredibly rich to hear the Democrats on the other side of the aisle continually raising selling American arms to the UAE and the Saudis.

We want NATO contributing to its own defense; we want NATO interoperable with the United States.

This will drive our allies into the arms of the Chinese arms market which continues to grow and into the Russian arms market.

The issues revealed in our 6-month process of reviewing FMS data fell into three buckets.

Countries should not be able to game the system and structure their purchases to avoid congressional oversight.

Florida has sued DHS and Federal court, asserting that DHS was ignoring Federal law.

With a mandate, you were directed to develop a DEI plan within 30 days and report back annually, based on percentages. This is illegal, it is wrong, and it is divisive.

It is equal outcomes for all, which is a hallmark of Marxism.

What these authors say is that if you are White, you are incapable of not being racist. That, in and of itself, is racist, sir.

62 percent of active-duty military members are seeing a politicized military, 65 percent will recommend their child not join, and now we are in a recruiting crisis.

I am all for equal opportunity.

Perceived politicization drives declining confidence in the military.

I am pleased that the FY24 Defense Authorization Conference report raised the number of authorized programs from 3,700 to 4,000.

I just want to restate again that when cadets, military families, Active Duty members stop bringing us these issues, then we will stop talking about it.

Section 2031 of Title 10 requires that a JROTC program's minimum enrollment be at least 10% of the total number of students enrolled at a school, or 100 students, whichever is less.

Are there any school boards that have prohibited JROTC programs in their school districts? If so, can you please provide the committee with a list?

Why do we have, with the Army in a recruiting crisis, a 50-year low, what drove, what data drove 'The Calling'?

Wasn't that the main recruiting effort for the Army for at least a year because it has now shifted?

Israel is in the midst of a war that is testing the limits of its multilayered missile defense architecture.

It is critical that Congress quickly approve the supplemental aid package to Israel.

Thank you again for your tireless work over many years on this issue.

How is it that these three individuals are worth a staggering $11 billion? Why isn't that money being conveyed to the people in Gaza?

the U.N. could be doing so much. But it has failed to step up at a time of great need.

I was appalled by it.