I had Chairman Dempsey here less than a week ago and he told me on a scale of 1 to 10, it was a 10 in terms of our national security.

Taking $46 billion again at this point in the year is not going to stop the impact on our national security.

In a constrained resource environment, the Reserve component gives the Department a unique opportunity to preserve overall operational capability and mitigate risk at reduced cost.

I hope that we could have, with the full committee, a hearing on this because I believe it is that important.

I think there's a huge distinction when we're dealing with a regime that is the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

The use of military force against the Nation's enemies, whether by remotely piloted aircraft or other means, is subject to the Constitution and U.S. laws.

This refusal has put our military leaders in a difficult and dangerous situation.

If we captured Ayman al Zawahiri tonight, can you tell me where we would detain him for long-term Law of War detention and interrogation?

Do I have your commitment that the Navy will meet the 2014 statement of budgetary resources deadline?

With the restructuring of the SM-3 Block IIB program, continuing to explore the possibility of another continental United States (CONUS) interceptor site is a prudent measure.

If we had an east coast site, particularly with the cancellation of the SM3 block 2B program, that it would provide additional battle space in response to an ICBM missile from Iran to the East Coast of the United States?

The addition of a new missile defense base in the Northeast or Upper Midwest would add battlespace to a potential engagement, allowing for additional decisionmaking time and supporting the future option to employ a Shoot-Assess-Shoot…