"By not signing onto it, we lose the credibility for the very same thing that we are arguing for."
"I'm disappointed that our Chairman stepped out."
"This exercise successfully demonstrated full spectrum combined amphibious operations and was a powerful reassurance measure to a number of our allies."
"I would just urge you to take immediate action to increase our force protection capabilities in the EUCOM AOR."
"There is a request to quadruple funding for the European Reassurance Initiative in fiscal year 2017."
"I do continue to remain concerned about the lack of capacity and capability provided to EUCOM in order for it to perform its critical mission of defending our Nation and our allies."
"It is a travesty that these women, who are pioneers in military aviation, had the honor of having their ashes inurned at Arlington National Cemetery revoked last year."
"I am just concerned about rotating those units through Europe instead of permanently standing one up in that region."
"As you know, the National Commission on the Future of the Army included forward-stationing an armored BCT in Europe."
"the American public does not have a lot of faith nor trust in our government and government officials."
"we need leaders that are willing to go on the ground and actually walk through these situations with those business owners."
"there are a lot of bureaucrats out there that will simply throw out rules and regulations without understanding the full impact."