We have all these grand ideas of what we want. We do not have the money to get there.

We cannot wait until we solve our budget problems to adequately fund our military.

This is a very big bill that covers a lot of different subjects, and just because you are not on the committee doesn't mean it isn't important to you.

I am reasonably confident that North Korea sees the threat of launching a full-on war against South Korea or Japan and the consequences of that.

U.S. presence in that region has never been more important.

As much as I would love on this committee to be able to pull defense out and say we can ignore everything else, we aren't just members of the defense committee.

I don't agree that we can somehow pull defense out of the entire rest of the Federal Government.

The uncertainty that has accompanied the defense budget has made it very, very difficult to operate.

I will not vote for a defense continuing resolution for the rest of fiscal year 2017. It would simply do too much harm.

We should give you a clear budget, every year, clear appropriations to give you the freedom to implement that as is necessary.

The problem, to my mind, continues to be that the Baghdad government is not inclusive enough of the Sunni population.