Mike Lee

You feel good about the improvement that's been made over the last 5 years on that front.

The mission in Afghanistan that we have, as stated in the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force there, was, of course, to use force against all nations, organizations, and individuals deemed to have been involved in the…

[The Taliban] are not taking territory or meeting any strategic goals that they set out for themselves initially. They are going to take a district and they are going to lose it. They are going to take another district center and lost it…

the negative influence of Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) on security and the rule of law

I want to first join my colleagues in condemning the deplorable attacks against our servicemembers in Chattanooga last week.

I am firmly committed to maintaining Taiwan's self-defense capability.

I didn't think that we ought to be putting this burden disproportionately on the Department of Defense as we were.

the P5+1 negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program have passed two deadlines for a final deal

the security along our southern border and the migration crisis were existential threats to U.S. national security

One of the concerns that I have heard repeatedly from servicemembers in Utah and elsewhere is that they feel inadequately informed by military leadership about some of the persistent threats against themselves.

I hope that as the Services continue to reassess their force mixture that those sentiments that you expressed very well will continue to be at the forefront of your mind.

Certainly one's religious freedom should never be curtailed merely because one decides to serve one's country in the military.

The stated objective of the United States in the conflict against ISIS is to defeat the group and leave a stable, unified government in Iraq and a post-Assad state in Syria.

I am pleased by steps that the Air Force has taken to bring sustainment issues into the acquisition process.

While I do not think it is the role of the United States to partition and re-draw borders on the other side of the world, I am also greatly concerned that we could be ineffectively employing our national security resources by continuing to…

The three key tasks in the national security documents that are out there is to assure our allies, deter opponents, and if necessary, fight and win on the ground.

Ultimately, the solution to overcome sectarian divisions must come from the leaders and communities within the region. No amount of U.S. investment alone will be sufficient.

I think the ability to believe according to one's own belief system and to express those views appropriately is of utmost importance to the morale of all of our service men and women and to their families.

In the coming months, I hope our military leaders and Congress can work together and work in an efficient, effective manner to figure out how we can better protect our men and women in uniform from these types of attacks in the future.

What will you do to ensure that the weapons and training we supply are not used by or to the advantage of ISIS and other extremist forces that share a common enemy with the groups we are supporting in Syria?

The Taiwan Relations Act states that 'the United States will make available to Taiwan such defense articles and defense services...'

Assad has lost all legitimacy and cannot be part of the future of Syria.

How would you define success in this program, and specifically what do you view as the timeline for achieving success?

I am concerned about the security of our borders

Recommendation 13 advocates for eliminating the Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance (FSSA) domestically and replacing that assistance with the Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistant Program (SNAP).