I love the focus on data, you know, critically important here.

The United States of America needs to step up its game here.

We cannot forget that non-military programs are also critical enablers of our military so that you can do your job and so America can do its job.

Nations go to wars, and we need and require in combat operations and most importantly to secure the gains of combat operations, secure the peace.

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to vote against the confirmation of Seema Verma to serve as Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. CMS oversees the administration of the Medicare and Medicaid…

Mr. President, I rise today to urge my colleagues to reject this resolution to roll back accountability for the billions of dollars that are sent to States to help educate children. When Congress updated the Elementary and Secondary…

Last week, you indicated that Strategic Command programs have made the world more stable. Do you believe that State Department and other international programs also contribute to international stability?

Would funding cuts to agencies that conduct diplomacy, provide disaster relief, and perform other civilian functions make your job easier or make your job more difficult?

If China was developing a new, stealthy long-range bomber in combination with a stealthy long-range nuclear-armed cruise missile, would the United States consider that development destabilizing?

You testified that the proposed new nuclear-armed cruise missile, the Long-Range Stand-Off weapon (LRSO), is not destabilizing because it replaces an existing weapon system.

The Air Force plans to produce LRSO cruise missiles in numbers roughly equal to the size of the current ALCM arsenal.