Mike Turner

We are not trying to do what Russia has done, we are not going to create new nuclear weapons.

So it is important that we get to that 80 pit per year by 2030 goal so that we have what is essential: a safe, reliable, effective credible secure nuclear force that can keep us safe and secure in the 2030s and well beyond.

We should take an action to backfill those funds and give the President the funds necessary to secure our border.

It is Congress's failure to act, not your actions, that are resulting in dollars being taken from the Department of Defense budget.

All of these are incredibly destabilizing weapons.

Continued uninterrupted funding for the European Deterrence Initiative is critical to sending a very clear signal to Russia.

What they are doing is not modernization. What they are doing is creating whole new capable systems.

What we are trying to do is modernize nuclear weapons, which is replace the capabilities we currently have with modern capabilities.

The idea that now, today, the Pentagon is using that as the authority for military action... is ridiculous.

I don't think it is acceptable... for us to be relying on the 2001 and 2002 AUMF in 2019.

I do believe that there are a number of goals and objectives that are being placed upon you that do not cover the goals and objectives of the original AUMF.

You do not have an authorization for use of force to counter Russian influence in Syria, to hold back Iran's influence in Syria...

The House recently passed a resolution disagreeing with the President's decision to withdraw troops from Syria.

It is a necessary and prudent life extension and a programmatic delay.

Mod 12 will have advanced accuracy and produce less fallout compared to previous versions of the weapon.

The B61 and the W88 are both critically important programs in our Nation's nuclear modernization efforts.

I now ask that Members and guests in the House rise for 32 seconds of silence. ____________________

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio will be postponed. The Chair understands that amendment No. 421 will not be offered…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Oregon will be postponed. Amendment No. 33 Offered by Mr. Blumenauer The Acting CHAIR. It is…

We should turn to the experts when we talk about how long this can be extended. This amendment would try to take this Richard Nixon-era missile to 2050. General Hyten, who is the person who is charged with having expertise with this, came…

No longer do people look at it as provocative. They actually know that it doesn't cost too much. It saves lives.

On two occasions, Acting Secretary of Defense Shanahan has committed on the record to fulfilling Congress' intent on this important matter.

Working with my colleague Elise Stefanik, we have called on the Department to publicly announce location of such a site.

I want to say that again, because I keep hearing some of the comments on the response to this as it is going to have minimal impact or we are dealing with the issue or we think we found a path forward.

We need that capability to detect and track hypersonic threats coming to the U.S. homeland.