Jack Reed

Our assistance to partners on the ground is helping them to make steady progress in reclaiming areas of Iraq and Syria once held by ISIS, most notably in Mosul.

We have to focus on that quite significantly.

Transit is the stepchild of most of our transportation programs, frankly.

We really have to put our money where our mouth is when it comes to the Highway Trust Fund.

Senator Reed deserves a great deal of credit for facilitating that new service by helping to secure $110 million in AIP grants.

I also hope that the Trump administration does not attempt to solve our infrastructure problems on the cheap.

What I hope we do not see from this Administration is a plan built around massive tax incentives for private investors.

Like many Americans, I am eager to hear the details of President Trump's plan to invest $1 trillion in our Nation's infrastructure.

We have significant vulnerabilities, particularly on our civilian sector.

I think you could almost go further than that of using as cyber operations to literally go after the resources and the finances of individuals.

There is not a moment to lose in addressing this challenge to our national security.

Russia's campaign last year to influence our election undermined faith in our democracy.

If it's voluntary, some people might come and some people might not. To be effective, it's going to have to be comprehensive

Professor Waxman rightly observes that international law governing actions in cyberspace is an important guide to behavior in international law.

Each of these important projects seek to help the United States define a coherent and effective cyber policy and strategy.

This is the urgent task before us, and that's why this series of hearings is so critical.

We have not had a near-peer competitor for decades, and that has allowed us to take for granted certain fundamental aspects of projecting power and deterring and defeating aggression.

These protections have served us well, and have allowed servicemembers to keep their focus where it should be--on their mission.

The readiness of the Armed Forces is fundamental to ensuring our men and women in uniform can perform all that we ask of them.

Every time we separate a servicemember, it costs the Department $57,000.

Financial problems complicate life so dramatically for servicemen and women.

My sense is that the greatest force multiplier we have in our military forces is the non-commissioned officer.

The Senator from Missouri is absolutely correct. That is the point I was going to make, and she made it more distinctly and more decisively. Mrs. McCASKILL. Sorry. I heard you talking about Iraqis, and I wanted to make sure everyone in…

Yes, I will. Mrs. McCASKILL. It is my understanding that not only are we fighting shoulder to shoulder with Iraqis against ISIL, on the day these orders were signed, we had Iraqi pilots in the United States of America training to bomb…

President Trump has stated repeatedly that he will focus on rebuilding our Nation's military.