Our competitive advantage is eroding at an alarming rate.

U.S. energy security is a vital component to our national security.

I understand why they did it at the time. But in today's environment, I have to and must rely on this commercial industry to get things done.

Corrosion costs the DOD about $20 billion per year; however, only very limited resources are spent on corrosion mitigation efforts.

Relationships with allies in the Asia Pacific are important to our overall national security in that region.

I believe we must continue to communicate our concerns to China and call on it to exert its influence and stop Pyongyang's unprecedented campaign of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile tests.

I do not like to disagree with my good friend Harry Harris.

I would like for us to be very cognizant of the kind of impacts the across-the-board types of cuts will have.

U.S. national security and commerce depend upon the freedoms of navigation and overflight, as recognized in U.S.

the congressional armed services committees have brought about many acquisition improvements to the DOD acquisition process

I do not believe China is doing all it can do to pressure North Korea to abandon its nuclear ambitions.

The military-to-military relationship between the United States and Mexico is extremely strong and absolutely at an all-time high.