We assess that they do retain a desire to attack us in our homeland here in the United States.

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Beginning about 6 years ago, for some reason, somebody thought, well, let's just stop funding hypersonic research because we really don't need to do that.

I think that's incredibly important, especially as we see this increasing aggressive behavior, obviously with Russia's attack but also with China.

In fact, I have NASA [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] Langley right on the edge of the district, and for years they did great hypersonic research there.

I think your observation that we have to be resilient and we have to use both kinetic and non-kinetic means to be able to deter are incredibly important across the spectrum.

China is indeed the pacing threat, that they look towards an action by China within this decade, within the next 6 years.

A change in our National Security Strategy is sorely needed, one that prioritizes warfighting in the near term.

Great power competition is already here, and we are currently not set up to prevail.

I categorically reject this notion. I ascribe to the warnings of our PACOM commanders who believe that conflict will likely occur in the near term.

It follows then as certain as the night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious.