One of the things I am concerned with is making sure that we are providing the benefits that match the service our National Guard are providing.

Last year, our committee identified in the report that many Reserve facilities do not meet antiterrorism and force protection requirements.

We are getting calls on this, and this is obviously a pocketbook issue for so many? Are we making some progress on this?

I want to engage the Department in the future to make sure that you have the resources that you need.

This administration is heading down a dangerous path by proposing increases in defense spending...

The fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill must ensure our capabilities remain more advanced and more lethal than our adversaries.

I think it would be instructive for the American people to know, kind of not giving away state secrets or getting classified, but just what that would look like if there is a back and forth between, whether it is the United States or an…

We need you to continue to push us, and we will push you and hopefully make some progress.

I think all of us need to think about, as we are having these discussions, how we communicate that to the average citizen...

But in addition to what they do to undermine the credibility of our alliances, of course, Russia possesses the nuclear weapons in the thousands that can destroy our Nation.

I want to make a couple of points, and then have a question with regard to North Korea.

I don't think we do a good enough job of letting the American people know how important our role in the world is.