David Perdue

a new platform that extended the life of the JSTARS capability into the 2030s, and possibly beyond, still be useful in counter-drug operations, counter-insurgency operations, and wartime operations

Putin calls them independent states now, those two.

Russia and China are displaying the highest level of military cooperation in 3 decades, posing an escalated threat to the United States and its allies.

It seems like you spend more time on the Hill talking to us than you do with your command.

I'm concerned about these frozen conflicts.

Our strength against these near-peer competitors is our network of allies.

the 2018 National Defense Strategy directs the Air Force to equip and prepare itself for the high-end fight.

I think what we should be doing is what we are doing, and that is to maintain and increase the pressure campaign run by the State Department, to convince Kim Jong-un that his nuclear ambitions are flawed.

I want you to know on record those of us who pay attention, we are very, very grateful for that.

I rise to talk about the topic of the week. Although some of us have been working on this for some time, many of us in this body have actually been addressing this for over the last 20 years or so. I am new to this body, as I have only…

The more Europe diversifies their energy supply, the more they secure themselves from Russian coercion.

I see that development, along with the Belt and Road strategy... as two major initiatives that I think give us a hint at their long-term strategy.

You have my personal commitment and resolve that before I leave the United States Senate, we are going to do everything we can to get away from this budget process that puts us in this detrimental, high-risk situation.

To Beijing's credit, China has taken significant steps to enforce the various UNSCRs, but Beijing can and should do more.

China looks at it totally differently. It is a military endeavor.

What synergies can be achieved by joint training? Will we avoid duplication and waste doing so?

the diplomatic efforts here are failing, that the activity is really one-sided

In Latin America, Russia today is supplying 40 percent of the arms sales. China is the second largest trading partner in Latin America. Iran is in there through Hezbollah.

The slow supply chain is unacceptable.

There is a direct relationship between readiness and modernization.

The Marine Corps requires stable, predictable funding over multiple years to achieve sustained positive results.

I found three things this morning in a bipartisan way that I agree with the Ranking Member today.

That is comforting. Thank you.

There is one very easy reason to explain why it has taken 28 years. Congress did not do its job.

Ten years is outrageous. That is too long.