It's been Russian support for Assad that's prolonged this crisis.

In June, 47 senators voted to disapprove the sale of United States precision-guided missiles to Saudi Arabia.

Mr. President, we are in the middle of a historically important debate here in Washington. Republicans have hatched a partisan proposal behind closed doors that would shovel a trillion dollars in tax giveaways to giant corporations and the…

As we've been talking about over the past few months, local forces trained and supported by the United States-led coalition have retaken former ISIS strongholds in Mosul and Raqqa.

What can the United States do to push back against Russian and Iranian assertiveness and try to set the conditions for a political settlement that is in our interests and in the interests of the Syrian people?

I think this conflict and humanitarian crisis in Yemen is breeding more extremism in the region and continues to put us more at risk.

But this is really important, and I really do appreciate your holding this hearing, Mr. Chairman. This is critical.

Yes, that is really a stunning, stunning number.

I was very glad to get an amendment into this year's defense bill that requires the Pentagon to begin a longitudinal study of the blast exposure that our servicemembers experience.

I also want to note that my amendment requires that the Pentagon consider the feasibility of a blast exposure log, analogous to a servicemember's jump log for airborne operations.

I think we need to do more and that is why I have called for an additional billion dollars of funding in next year's budget.