On the recordJune 9, 2016
first, I want to thank the distinguished Senator from Arizona, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and the ranking member, Senator Reed, for their tireless work in doing God's work here, and that is making sure we provide for the needs of our men and women in uniform around the world. There are only 6 reasons why 13 Colonies got together in the first place. One of those six was to provide for the national defense. That is what we are talking about this week. As we debate the National Defense Authorization Act this week, I personally would like to add a little different perspective to this debate. In my opinion, today the world is more dangerous than at any time in my lifetime. We have major threats from various perspectives. No. 1, we see the rise of traditional rivals--Russia, China--and ever-more aggressiveness from both. We see the rise of ISIS and attendant networks around the country supporting terrorism and the Islamic State. We see the proliferation of nuclear capability among rogue nations, such as North Korea and Iran. We see the hybrid warfare, including cyber warfare, that is being perpetrated today. What we are not talking about is the growing arms race in space. All this adds to a very dangerous world and makes it very mobile and puts people right here in the United States in danger, as we have seen already.…
