Mike Turner

Clearly, Russia and China are not being deterred by our nuclear weapons arsenals alone because of their continuing vast expanse.

I think the last several years have shown us that deterrence by nuclear weapons arsenals alone is dead.

We are not able to deliver replacement aircraft at affordable prices to achieve similar quantities going forward.

I am concerned that our existing force structure is optimized for a counterinsurgency fight and is not prepared to address the challenges posed by an expected threat in the INDOPACOM area.

The National Defense Strategy is clear in its focus on China as our Nation's pacing threat.

So back to my question, do you agree that China and Russia are increasing their aggregate deployed nuclear weapons and their stockpiles?

Since Russia launched its illegal invasion of Ukraine last February, there has been increased demand for state-of-the-art American weapons and materiel from our European allies and partners.

I have no more speakers. I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The issue of the origins of COVID are so important that our Speaker has appointed a select subcommittee on the origins of COVID. Our next speaker, Dr. Wenstrup, is the chair of that subcommittee. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the…

I appreciate my ranking member's very thoughtful comments and remarks. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Garcia).

I, for one, believe that if they step out of New START we should not give them a pass.

We need the Chinese to cooperate.

Merrick Garland did an unbelievable, terrible political miscalculation. He appointed a special prosecutor against Trump not realizing he was going to end up having to appointment one against his own boss.

The F.B.I. is not being forthcoming. They're not giving us the information. They're claiming that it's going to affect the outcome of their investigation, which of course it can't, because the people who are the targets of their…

What we're seeing is the administration using intelligence to try to impact the outcome of policy.

We are both the legislative branch. We are a committee of the House, and we are both operating on almost an agency level.

We have to do it in a professional manner, and that is reflected in the budget we have submitted.

We are working together. My Ranking Member, Jim Himes, and I have both committed ourselves to that.

I cannot overstate the importance of this work.

Return the committee's work exclusively toward national security and oversight of the intelligence community and to do so in a bipartisan manner.

What should've happened is the first time this happened during this administration, there should have been outrage.

This administration does not understand the urgency of taking action to protect our national security.

The president allowed this to go across our most sensitive sites, and wasn't even going to tell the American public.

They should have understood that there was a great deal of risk at our national security.

The president needs to shift and understand that he has urgent national security matters.