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

Obviously, with missile defense, we don't have a margin of error.

It startles, I think, all of us on how the administration thinks it can address these increasing missile threats.

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

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

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.

The Marine Corps is requesting 10 fewer F-35B aircraft in FY20 than was planned in the FY19 budget.

The rate of pilots experiencing physiological episodes (PE) is back on the rise this year.

Marine ground units are almost wholly without an effective organic air defense system except for the man-portable Stinger missile system.

Miss Gordon-Hagerty, the goal of 80 pits per year, is that arbitrary or is that based upon our needs for a modernization?

I really appreciate what you do, because what you do is go around and identify things that could be an issue that everyone needs to address and be concerned with.

The goal of 80 pits per year, is that arbitrary or is that based upon our needs for a modernization?

I think you truly, with your background and expertise, I think, are very poised to be the first female head of the Secretary of Defense.

What is the U.S. Air Force doing to field cost-effective non-GPS-reliant precision munitions with stand-off capability in the near-term?

You have made it clear that this is not a luxury, that there are real, hard things that would be devastating to the Air Force if this number goes down.

the first role of that weapon is a deterrent weapon to make sure they don't cross that line.

We need one person in charge of space that will then organize, train, and equip forces for the new U.S. Space Command.

I think a no first use policy would be destabilizing rather than stabilizing.

the most important element of deterrence is not our view, but it is what the adversary is thinking.

I think the President's vision is right, and it is also very similar to where this committee was starting as long as 2 years ago.

my concern with no first use is again, back to as you were saying General Hyten, what is in the minds of our adversaries.

the most important role of the low-yield nuclear weapon is to make sure that the adversary doesn't think that would happen.

Representative Turner was a catalyst to move more quickly.

I believe that Congress needs to fund closing the border, and certainly the House voted last year to do so.

I want to echo Joe Wilson's thank you, General, for the map that presents the march, as Joe Wilson was saying, the march of freedom.