we knew we would be able to get together the most remarkable coalition of NATO allies since World War II to push back Russia out of Ukraine.

I know that you believe, as I do, that the issues this committee tackles are at the very core of our national security as a nation.

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But by investing in Ukraine today, we're investing in our national security in the future, not just Ukraine. We're showing the world that we're not going to allow another ground war in Europe.

The support for Ukraine and Congress is strong. It's bipartisan.

China's not advocating for peace here. They're aiding an invader. That's what they're doing, if they choose to pursue this.

It's also showing the rest of the world including Xi Jinping, that the Western alliance is going to stay step strong, stand together and not allow autocratic leader to take over foreign democratic nations.

If China wants to join the Russia-Iran club here, they're going to find an incredibly United Western alliance, that's going to make their whole project to take over Taiwan... much more difficult.

Essential to deterring and winning future conflicts, not just modernizing our military, that is pretty obvious. But also developing a next generation or a new generation of alliances and arms control.

If you have well-balanced deterrents on both sides, a comparable number of nuclear capabilities between the United States and Russia, for example, you are less likely to get into a conflict.

We don't have a NATO alliance or a NATO-like alliance in the Pacific, which is of great concern as we look at the rise of China.

If he had gone to my alma mater, he would have known that lesson one is don't lose your flagship.