If the Department of Defense is forced to accept sequestration-level budgets between fiscal year 2016 and 2023, what affect will that have on the capability and capacity of Navy and Marine Corps' strike fighter fleets to achieve the…

You mentioned in your written testimony that all three mission areas in the air-to-surface munitions inventory are short of inventory objectives.

I opposed sequestration because I thought it would be irresponsible and devastating to our military.

GAO's most recent report points out that software delays may impact software deliveries and could hinder the delivery of expected warfighting capabilities.

GAO and others have identified affordability as a significant challenge for the F-35.

Your recent report emphasizes the risks posed by continuing delays in mission systems software testing, and notes that those delays could limit the capabilities the Marine Corps receives at the time it plans to declare its initial…

What steps is the Navy taking to mitigate the risk that all required modifications to the F-35B fleet will be done on time?

without service life extensions and capability upgrades, it will not be possible to manage risk.

only 14 percent of youth are inclined to serve in the military.

I think, as a general proposition, that it behooves all of us to care about the graduation rates throughout our country.

Madam Chairwoman, I would like to request that all of our Services send to our subcommittee the latest of standard surveys and any modifications that are made to the surveys.

The post-9/11 GI Bill has been an outstanding program.

The men and women who do serve need to be treated fairly.

I hope that there is a way that we can better track the experiences of our veterans.

If it goes down very significantly to the point where we may be having to close some commissaries, that might happen, that could happen?

Would there be some differentiation that would occur in these price increases?

a huge percentage of them are not able to join. Maybe 75 percent--that's a number that I came across in some other setting--are not qualified, a lot of them due to the fact that they may not have high school degrees.

Right now, the difference between the prices at commissaries and what the prices would be outside, although we have a lot of competition for lower prices through Costco and other places, is about 30 percent right now, isn't it?