Ted Cruz: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank Secretaries McHugh and James and Generals Odierno and Welsh for your…”

Going forward, we’re in the midst of a debate about who our party is and what we believe, and I think economically we’ve got to debate, ‘Are we a small-government, free-market conservative party? Are we a big-government, nanny-state party?

You know who’s not pausing? China. They are not gonna stop.

They hate Christians, they hate Jews, they hate the capitalism, they hate the constitution and they hate America.

I’ve actually joked that if – and this is somewhat tongue-in-cheek – but it’s not entirely, if they’re going to be killer robots, I’d rather they be American killer robots and not Chinese killer robots.