"This strategy would seek to deter NATO or the U.S. from acting to reverse those gains."
"continuing resolutions over the many years has cost the Navy at least, quantifiably, $9 billion."
"How far will Russia go to defend the Assad regime and ensure its survival?"
"Vladimir Putin in a 2013 interview discussed their destabilizing effects including how low-yield nuclear weapons could lower the threshold for conducting a nuclear strike in a conflict."
"Public statements by Russian scientists and officials since the early 1990s indicate that low-yield devices have been part of Russia's nuclear stockpile."
"Russia is elevating the role of nuclear weapons, expanding and modernizing its nuclear forces, violating arms control treaties, and engaging in aggressive behavior."
"should we be concerned about Russia implementing its 'escalate to dominate' strategy in Syria and threatening the use of low-yield nuclear weapons to protect its interests there?"
"Congress says to seek maximum employment and stable prices . . . no more and no less."
"I think it would be too easy for the United States to find itself stretched, distracted, and ultimately focused on the wrong issue."
"Thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"Chances are pretty high we are going to live in that purgatory for a lot longer than we are comfortable."