First of all, it is costing an enormous amount of money in terms of tens of billions of dollars.

I think a just peace would involve Russia withdrawing from the territory that they have illegally occupied from Ukraine.

This policy is not without risk, I think we all know that.

This is an incredibly important hearing. I want to thank our witnesses for being here.

I do worry about the inevitability comments because these words get played up in China.

China is the greatest threat that we face to our national security objectives and the biggest problem that we face as a country.

I think that we cannot do it alone. We rely heavily on our allies, and that is our greatest asymmetric strength.

We must, without question, meet that threat, and part of meeting that threat is also, without question, to deter it militarily.

We need to use diplomacy and alliances to meet this threat.

I think China could do it right now. They have the capability.

Success for the U.S., Ukraine, and the coalition in Ukraine is crucial to that deterrence message against China.

This committee has a very strong tradition of working together in a bipartisan and, yes, even in a bicameral fashion.