Kelly Ayotte

I guess I do not understand why we are negotiating for them when we are dealing with scarce dollars and we could be better focusing our resources on oversight of our own taxpayer dollars.

Reform of the acquisition system is necessary to maintain America's technological and military dominance.

We're not going to be the first one to go down that path.

I certainly appreciate, this has been one of the ongoing issues that has been from Congress to Congress, the issue of Guam.

I heard from each of you that we do not need more layers. What we need to do is eliminate some of the layers.

What is the impact on our national security and the Navy's ability to project power if we are short on amphibious vessels?

I would like to thank the Senator from Hawaii. This is such an incredibly important issue. It is an honor to see my colleague from North Dakota as well. This is a great example of an incredibly important issue that is a bipartisan issue…

I thank the Senator from North Dakota and the Senator from South Carolina. As I look at where we are right now--first of all, our support for Israel and our friendship with Israel--this has been a very strong bipartisan issue, and it is an…

We've seen almost a 60-percent increase in drug deaths because of, you know, the inexpensive nature of heroin, and the addictive nature of it.

We have an important partnership in Bahrain, do we not?

Both the Chief of Staff of the Army and the Commandant of the Marine Corps expressed that they trust the Air Force to provide CAS when ground forces need it.

I am confident if we are able to do this, it will allow them to do an even better job.

I think all of us are very frustrated, because we've been calling for so long for what needs to be done in Ukraine to push back on Russia.

it's absurd, and I don't think we should be accommodating that.

In order to have a strong attack submarine fleet, we need to ensure that those submarines are maintained properly and quickly, and that they are combat ready.

Sequestration has hurt us, and the Gordian Knot is getting through the paperwork to hire someone.

Can you imagine what they could do with more modern facilities?

I really hope we will get them real-time intelligence, so that they can defend themselves.

The administration has been transferring and releasing detainees from Guantanamo who previously were assessed to pose a high or medium threat.

frequent moves are one of the things that make active duty service difficult for service members and their families.

So can you help me understand this issue; can we share intelligence with them so they can defend themselves?

this is obviously, I think, as we look at this issue of the regional--attempt at regional domination by Iran, this is of deep concern to us, in the long term, and even in the short term, in terms of how this region can be destabilized…

I think they'll find that, in the United States of America, we believe very firmly in equality for women.

If Iran is permitted to retain an enrichment capability, how will Saudi Arabia and others in the region respond?

we might as well just call them what they are: Russian agents.