Seth Moulton

It is important that we get our budget act together to give you a predictable budget with which you can defend our Nation.

In the just the past 2 years, the People's Republic of China [PRC] has almost doubled their number of satellites on orbit to 400, with plans for nearly a thousand by 2030.

Across the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, our national security space architecture is one that, in my opinion, has experienced the most significant transformation over the past several years.

The HBTSS not only detects a maneuvering threat and maintains custody therein but also provides discrimination so you can accurately prosecute that threat.

Our systems must check those three boxes safe, secure, and reliable to provide a credible deterrent.

I believe that humanity would be safer if we eliminated nuclear weapons.

I like to think that we can outcompete China at everything and, yet, here we are just trying to build a technology that fundamentally has existed for 60 years and we're way behind.

We have to be smart about what we invest in.

I have to say I was struck by how vague your answers were.

Indeed, the operational concepts should come first and then we should develop whatever technology is needed to best address the need.

One of the top conclusions of our Future of Defense Task Force was that it is not enough for the Department to pursue technology for technology's sake.

While our adversaries have been developing these weapon systems for years, ever since we built an anti-ballistic missile system, the Department has watched and done little to negate their asymmetric advantages...

I am thankful we are holding this hearing on hypersonics, not only to understand our adversaries' capabilities and intentions...

I share the general consensus that we should re-debate the AUMF. That is Congress' job. I have voted for measures similar to this in the past that will force that debate. We should force Congress to debate the AUMF, but we should not force…

The problem is that Vladimir Putin did not believe that before he started this war.

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.

Thank you, sir, for your 36 years of distinguished service to our nation and the past 3 years as head of Northern Command.

I appreciate your view that strategic deterrence is much broader than nuclear weapons, as the world and the threats we face as a nation have evolved significantly since our nuclear triad was first established.

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.

I hustled. I am a Marine, I can hustle.

Our lives are dominated by smart devices, not just smart cars, smartphones, and smartwatches, but dryers, refrigerators, and even toasters. These technologies make our lives easier, but most Americans don't know that their refrigerator has…

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.

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.

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.