John Thune: “Madam Chair, thank you and Ranking Member Boozman for holding this hearing to consider this nomination.”

Well, that's nice of him. I guess. I don't know, what do you say on that? That's a decision that's made by my colleagues.

There's clearly an interest among certain members of our conference for a higher level of military and defense.

The president and his team and their resources need to be brought to bear on Texas because it’s not one that we can lose if we’re going to hang on to a Republican majority.

At some point, we’ve got to get this done.