"The Commission advises that we have a need for extraordinary urgency in addressing the crisis of national defense."
"The strategic landscape is growing steadily more threatening, combined with the fact that America's longstanding military advantages have diminished."
"I am troubled by the Commission's unequivocal assessment that our defense strategy is not adequately resourced."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for taking me out of turn. We have a conflict in the Armed Services Committee, but this is so significant to me that I wanted to be sure to get on record, as we have many time..."
"I appreciate that."
"Farmers have but one goal, and that is to pass our land, our farms along to the next generation better than we found it today."
"We are all very aware that what we went through during the 8 years, the Obama years--he did not have a high priority in our military."
"I think we cannot just suggest that it has been about leadership. It has been about our failure to provide the funding that our armed services have needed."
"I want to ask you, though, because one of the questions that came up was about the fire fighting foams that contributed to the problem that we have at Pease and what is being done."
"I think we need to become more familiar with that."
"I think we ought to really sit down and look and see some of the things that he has done successfully and emulate those."