first, I thank the Senator from Florida for yielding and congratulate him on the success of this launch in Florida. As he said, it is a huge boost, if you will, for the space industry in his State and a huge advantage for our country. It…

But I think we need a term between-- competition sounds benign.

I want to commend the senior leadership of the Army for the recent efforts to ensure that the Army delivers new technology and platforms.

we have to ensure that our soldiers are trained and equipped for conflict across the full spectrum of operations.

What are we gaining by discontinuing the A-10?

I want to submit a question for the record about maintenance costs of the F-35.

That is a really bad sign.

the central challenge now facing the United States.

I think that is often a valuable approach.

I am concerned that Russia can rebuild the Soviet empire without firing a shot by political manipulation and other kinds of I guess I call it subversion in some of these Eastern European countries.

Here is the real question: Do you think we are really going to be able to break down the stovepipes?

You go back to the Cuban Missile Crisis, which there is no exact analogy, but there are some similarities...

The flaw in deterrence, it seems to me, in this particular situation, is the proliferation danger.

The second thing I asked was, what does he want? Why is he doing this? The answer was regime survival, I think you have all testified to that, and his personal survival.

Part of the coercion could be threatening proliferation.

I mean, it has been very straightforward about military force. Yes, we are going to talk about diplomacy.

I asked them three questions. Number one, is Kim Jong-un rational? The uniform response was yes, that he is not crazy and he is capable of rational analysis.

I hope we get to that point and beyond, as you said, this sort of binary debate, diplomacy or war.

The issue in my mind is, is it possible to have such a competition by political means with the backing of the military force that may be needed?

I now understand why generations of United States Presidents have sought your counsel. That was brilliant and I appreciate it.

The problem with the infrastructure is, does anybody want to build a $2 or $3 billion pipeline to deal with this if it is not going to be necessary the rest of the year.

It is not a natural gas price problem, it is a delivery problem.

One of the problems I see here is that gas is the cheapest capital cost, and yet you are taking the price risk.

The wall does not equal border security. I've been saying that all along.

What changed in my mind was we got a firm commitment on the floor before the entire country from the majority leader to bring a DACA bill to the floor in a neutral format.