for pyongyang to use nuke already weapons. on capitol hill the bipartisan select committee on china talked to top officials about china policy. we have so noe see terence on taiwan, the american people need security. we need strength. we do not need weakness. biden administration s $842 billion defense budget provides a 40% increase from last year for pacific deterrence. with australia we are increasing rotations of u.s. bombers and fighters. with japan we have agreed to station marine corps most advanced formation forward for the first time ever. admiral explained why he was so alarmed two years ago by china s hypersonic weapon test that showed it could maneuver as it went around the world and could evade u.s. missile defense. what we are see something a military buildup second to none. at the speed and rate at which it s being delivered. and it s not just hypersonic missiles.