Mike Turner

Clearly what they are, what Russia and China is doing is not a response or result of United States actions.

This is incredibly important that we have a public discussion about what our adversaries are doing.

Well, certainly a principle that I understood in the Marine Corps is we don't leave Americans behind.

It is pretty hard to get something if you have given up your leverage.

And we leaving willy-nilly, without any plan, without any leverage, is clearly the wrong thing to do according to every witness, Republican and Democrat, before this committee.

I want to end the war in Afghanistan, too, but I want to end it responsibly.

I am not a fan of the United States adhering to agreements that Russia continuously violates.

I think it is very important for us to have forward-deployed troops.

Last year, on August 4, 2019, around 1 a.m., a gunman opened fire on a crowded street in the Oregon district in Dayton, Ohio. The police officers at the scene ran toward the danger. Within a mere 32 seconds, because of the courageous acts…

John Lewis has a true legacy of leadership in this House, and he changed the world that we live in. When Congressman Lewis would take the podium, everyone in this House would fall silent and listen to him. I doubt in his long career in…

I recognize that there is only one legitimate President of the United States at a time in accordance with U.S. law.

You both affirmed to the Armed Services Committee on July 9, 2020, that you are aware that, under the Constitution, the duly elected President is the sole Commander in Chief of the United States.

I foresee no role for the U.S. Armed Forces in this process.

Do you agree with me that section 3610 coverage should be extended by Congress beyond to September 30th?

I am concerned about the ability of small business subcontractors to carry staff for extended periods without revenue.

It seems very unlikely, based on current public health projections and agency return to work plans, that access to national security facilities will be back to pre-COVID-19 levels by September 30th.

There is a dire need for Congress to have access to unbiased, timely, technical understanding.

We have to make certain that what we are doing is effective and efficient, that we don't just build new bureaucracies, that we don't duplicate things.

Failure to undertake the NNSA's modernization plan would be the effect of unilateral disarmament.

I want to thank you for your service. I want to thank you for everything that you got us through, sequestration, the difficulties of the effects upon readiness, and seeing the advances that our adversaries have made in both missiles and…

We are really at, as I said before, a tipping point. We have no more margin for error.

We have no margin built in any longer for infrastructure or modernization.

There is no margin for slip in this program. We must continue to support it while ensuring the best value for our government.

Supporting our nuclear modernization efforts remains the number one priority of the Department of Defense.

The budget request for the entire nuclear enterprise across both the Department of Energy [DOE] and the Department of Defense [DOD] for fiscal year 2021 is approximately $49 billion.