Joe Donnelly

I just want to make sure that the information I give to the people in my State is accurate.

we want you to know we are 100 percent behind you, that we will do everything we can to provide you with all you need

We cannot fight our way out of it. What we have to do is to try to give them hope and dignity and purpose I guess.

As long as I am here, I will make sure that commitment is kept.

over the last several months, the Army has made clear that it wants to create additional armored brigades and that it wants to equip these brigades with the most modern combat vehicles.

What is your understanding... of China's biggest influence point pushing back against North Korea?

The more you can send that message to them, the stronger and better off we will be because this really is a national emergency.

I do not want to be in a position of having the people in my State think one thing and the reality is something else.

What the Army needs from Congress is full support of the $1.16 billion (B) in Fiscal Year 2018 Base Funding request for Army Combat Vehicle Modernization programs.

Have you seen any sanctions against North Korea that have worked or that have slowed down Kim Jong-un's efforts?

What does success look like a year from now, in your view?

I am very confident in our ship captains and in our crews for them to deal with the situation.

I have been told in the past that the Sexton Act requirements would be fully implemented in the Navy and Marine Corps by the date of October 2017.

I felt misled and I think my constituents were misled as well.

This is a nationwide problem that is eating us alive.

I appreciate the commitment you made to improving the mental health and resiliency of our servicemembers and families.

We have been promised a follow-on mission once the A-10--if and when it leaves.

A flexible mix of sea and land-based capabilities offers important deterrent and warfighting attributes.

This is a whole-of-government effort.

I think your idea of complete transparency, here is what we are doing, here is what we are working on, here is how we plan to do it and to try to cooperate as much as we can with other countries, but to tell them this is the plan and this…

Russia has destabilized borders in both these countries, and I am concerned about the impact that has had on the ability to smuggle nuclear material.

Having a hypersonic strike capability enhances our overall deterrent posture by providing the President additional options to hold targets at risk that do not justify crossing the nuclear threshold.

I think it is a clear misunderstanding of who we are as well.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

I look forward to working together with you to maintain our strong bipartisan consensus on the importance of the U.S. nuclear deterrent and the need for continued U.S. leadership on nuclear non-proliferation.