Randy Forbes: “It is painfully obvious that our future readiness is being leveraged to pay for our current requirements.”

The threats to freedom of navigation that emanate from the South China Sea and reverberate globally are a great enough threat to the United States.

I am concerned that China's president and the Chinese Government may see President Obama's last few months as a window of opportunity for establishing an air defense identification zone [ADIZ], expanding reclamation activities to…

This country, this committee, this Congress needs to move back to strategic thinking where we have a comprehensive strategic plan.

I do not see it as inevitable that we will have a confrontation with China in the South China Sea if we have the correct strategy to avoid such confrontation and potential conflict.