Today I rise to speak in support of new legislation I am cosponsoring with my friend Congressman David Jolly to extend Florida's Gulf Coast oil drilling ban to the year 2027. The drilling ban currently extends 125 miles off much of…

I have more experience with our national security than any other candidate, and that includes you, Hillary.

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Yes, it wasn't that stuff happens; it was that we had it wrong. The strategy we had in place up to 2006 was failing. And the way you know it was failing is that if you go there often enough--I remember the first trip we took in Iraq after…

Would you say they're the most aggressive they've been in modern times?

Do you agree with me that no Arab force is going to go in and fight ISIL alone unless you put Assad on the table?

Do you agree with me that the Shi'a militia on the ground in Iraq are controlled by the Iranians?

Assad wouldn't last 15 minutes without Iran's help.

the average American needs to understand that failure in Iraq and Syria is putting the Homeland at risk

Do you agree that, if we gave Iranians, say, $50 billion as a signing bonus for their nuclear program, it's highly likely that some of that money would go to Assad?

If this war continues in its current fashion, it will create unending chaos in the Mideast that will change the map for generations to come.

no Arab army is going into Syria unless part of the--one of the objectives is to take Assad down

I agree. Do you agree with that, General?

Do you see any good thing coming from this strategy being continued?

So partitioning I think is not a viable strategy.

For anybody to suggest that the Kurds are the answer to all of our problems, they do not, quite frankly, know the Mideast.

So, to the Congress, if you don't like what this President or future president does, in terms of fighting ISIL, defund it.

There is no way to get Iraq right until you deal with Syria in a responsible manner.

Our military and diplomatic efforts are misaligned.

Mr. President, are you all in, or not?

I want to give you the tools, that time is no factor when it comes to destroying ISIL.

It is failing, Senator.

I have an Authorization to Use Military Force... It's not limited by geography, time, or location.

They are recruiting more foreign fighters than we are training Free Syrian Army.