I do want to welcome Administrator Power. I know that the subcommittee looks forward to hearing your testimony on USAID's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

I consider the FDA to be the gold standard globally in approving drugs and I find this court ruling to be more reflective of the judge's personal views rather than a fair and impartial analysis of the facts of the case.

My view is CMS should stay in its lane, the FDA should stay in its lane.

I am concerned that the lack of face-to-face meetings may be negatively affecting the FDA's ability to keep pace and retain its scientific and regulatory stature as the gold standard.

It would require a clear, coordinated, government-wide strategy for ending these preventable deaths and ensuring that USAID focuses quickly on scaling up the highest impact, evidence-based interventions.

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

I am delighted that the Senate is proceeding to consideration of the Fire Grants and Safety Act. This bipartisan legislation, which my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, and I have…

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.

I applaud the Space Force's effort to develop a more resilient space architecture.

In the last 2 years the budget requests greatly underestimated fuel costs on the very day the budget was released.

I thank Mr. Carter for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as someone who represents the great University of Georgia, it is nice to see him pick up the football and run with this thing. My friend is also right. I have spent my private life, over 30…

Do you anticipate requesting a supplemental to cover increased fuel costs?

Whatever happened to 'Need to Know'? That is the principle that is supposed to oversee and restrict access to sensitive classified information.

The seven operational imperatives that you and the Chiefs have established for the Air Force and Space Force provide a useful framework for our analysis this morning.