Roger Wicker

Would you also agree that it is unacceptable that this month's transfer of 100 armored Humvees to Ukraine took over a year to process due to bureaucratic delays at DOD and State?

Separatists that are backed by the Russian hierarchy.

I think your testimony earlier today is that that is a reasonable request on the part of the president of Ukraine, and it will be necessary for him to get those in order for him to defend his country.

It would be an incredible waste of taxpayer dollars to allow the State Department to spend tens of millions of dollars to tear down a world class research building.

What is your assessment of the impact sequestration would have on our amphibious forces and our Navy and Marine Corps' ability to execute DOD's pivot to Asia-Pacific?

What is your view on how sequestration would threaten the Navy and Marine Corps' ability to decisively project power abroad?

If confirmed, will you direct the appropriate entity within DOD to brief the appropriate Congressional committees on the efficacy of the Free Syria Network?

The Department should continue to focus on defense cooperation in support of Taiwan's transformation to a volunteer force.

It is critical that we continue to implement this longstanding commitment.

United States policy towards Taiwan is governed by the Taiwan Relations Act.

Yes, he wouldn't be overly delighted with sequestration and with the current funding level and proposed funding level going forward?

If we don't stand behind our word on that article, then our word really does mean nothing.

According to NATO guidelines, we ask our NATO allies to devote at least 2 percent of their GDP to defense.

You don't advocate a diminishment of the resources we are spending with regard to the Middle East or Russia and Europe at this point, do you?

We have to remember that half the population of the world and half of its economy is in that region...

The rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region, as the term goes, is in my eyes a commitment to continue the pivotal American military role in the Asia-Pacific theater, which has kept peace and stability there for decades now.

We can meet both of these objectives, and we must.

The reason that people like Senator Warner and I would be willing to embrace chained CPI is it is deemed by economists to be the most accurate measure of the inflation rate as it affects consumers.

I think everyone is in agreement, if you are receiving a Federal retirement benefit, that benefit should not be eaten away by inflation.

The program will be broke if we do not fix it.

We must confront spending. Bring the overspending to an end and ultimately balance the budget.

The failure of our economy to recover is the President's record over the last six years.

Our nation needs a larger and more successful middle class, not a larger, more intrusive and fiscally foolish Federal Government.

As Senator Sanders says, we have a deficit of employment.

A return to sequestration would force Navy to degrade current and future fleet readiness, significantly weakening our ability to respond to crises and project power overseas.