We will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances.

The Committee is aware of recent news reports – and the Department of Defense’s initial response – regarding alleged follow-on strikes on suspected narcotics vessels in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.

The Committee has directed inquiries to the Department, and we will be conducting vigorous oversight to determine the facts related to these circumstances.

Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to one of the world’s most flagrant war criminals.

The so-called peace plan has real problems.

this so-called ‘peace plan’ has real problems, and I am highly skeptical it will achieve peace

Ukraine should not be forced to give up its lands to one of the world’s most flagrant war criminals in Vladimir Putin.

This decision … sends the wrong signal to Russia at the very moment President Trump is applying pressure to force Vladimir Putin to come to the table to achieve a lasting peace in Ukraine.

I am delighted that this body has passed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act with such an overwhelming vote. At the outset, let me thank the dozens of staff members who have made this possible--and I know that my friend and…

we are in an unfortunate period of hyperpartisanship that doesn't look good from this angle, and I know it doesn't look good to the general public. But I have some good, bipartisan news that might make us feel better about our national…

I want to implore my colleagues on this side of the aisle, and particularly the Democratic leader, to agree that while we are at an impasse, there is still very, very important business to attend to, and that is the NDAA, the National…

now let me say that I come to the floor today to join with President Trump and with a bipartisan majority of my colleagues in the Senate in calling for another tougher round of sanctions against Russia and its war machine. For the past 8…

the Senate is about to take up this year's National Defense Authorization Act. My colleagues and I on the Senate Armed Services Committee have worked hard to bring this bill to the floor for consideration by all of our fellow Senators, and…

this month, Mississippi said farewell to Col. Carlyle ``Smitty'' Harris--a war hero, a family man, and a community leader who left a storied legacy. Many Mississippians know the story of Colonel Harris. In April 1965, during a mission over…

Let’s not make a habit of this.

I intend to vote for the motion to discharge after much contemplation and to vote to then proceed to the bill, and I do so with reservation. First of all, I applaud the administration for asking for rescission of $9 billion in unnecessary…

this is the eighth motion to recommit that our friends across the aisle have offered. Each one of these would actually have the effect of ending this process and prohibiting this bill from being passed, and that is the reason they keep…

I don’t think it’s a good idea.

I’m not overly delighted.

I have questions not only for the secretary and his team, and to an extent the National Security Council is involved in this, but also with stakeholders and experts around town as to the advisability of this, which would amount to a…

There’ll be some questions about that, and this issue, I expect, will be vetted by the time a decision needs to be made.

for the Committee on Armed Services I report favorably the following nomination lists which were printed in the Records on the dates indicated, and ask unanimous consent, to save the expense of reprinting on the Executive Calendar that…

It is requesting a budget of $892.6 billion, which is a cut in real terms.

This budget would decrease President Trump’s military options and his negotiating leverage.

President Trump successfully campaigned on a Peace Through Strength agenda, but his advisers at the Office of Management and Budget were apparently not listening.