Mac Thornberry

“In a budget this massive, there are certainly areas where I think we could do much better.”

“When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.”

“Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he was alive.”

“Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism is one of the tactics used in that War.”

“I know of no serious proposals that would change the way Social Security operates for today's seniors.”

“If you endorse somebody, it's like a stamp of approval and embracing them.”

“I'm for experimentation. I'm for trying things. That's true whether we're talking about hardware or personnel issues. We need to try some things, because doing what we have always done because we've always done it that way doesn't work.”

“And to stick our head in the sand and pretend that we are somehow safer if we do not know or to pretend we are somehow safer if we limit our options seems to me not only foolish but actually dangerous.”

“I receive contributions from a variety of people who are interested in what the Armed Services Committee does.”

“We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.”

“President Trump has made rebuilding our military strength one of his top priorities. More money is certainly required, but so is reform of the Pentagon and how it does business.”

“We face a wide array of threats, which means we have to have a wide array of capabilities.”

“The challenge we have in the war on terrorism is looking around for those pieces that matter and trying to fit them together.”

“Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.”

“A military starved of resources, training, and equipment will not long be able to protect the country physically or economically.”

“If China sets the rules for much of the world's economy, America will feel the consequences in our pocketbooks as well as in our security.”

“If the men and women who protect the country are to succeed in the missions they are assigned, we simply must invest more in defense.”

“To protect America's security, we are going to have to pull America's military out of the swamp of Washington politics.”

“We should start by allowing drilling in Alaska's National Wildlife Refuge. It can provide billions of barrels of recoverable oil and trillions of cubic feet of recoverable natural gas.”

“Since World War II, the rules-based international order created and maintained by the United States has benefited peoples around the globe and none more so than Americans here at home.”