"My goodness, that might be enough just to end the hearing right there. That is horrible, to think that an American citizen has been threatened by a foreign cartel if they come to Congress and testify ..."
"This is not an attempt to undo the Guard. It is a very small number of people."
"I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors."
"This is a family affair, and not only you but your families that for many, many years have been so faithful."
"I remain dedicated to working with the Air Force to ensure Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, becomes the premier F-35 Pilot Training Center in the future."
"Will you be able to in the next year or two, then be able to give us good data, working with your partners as to the positive effect that this is going to have?"
"I want to highlight the domestic availability of ingredients necessary to manufacture smokeless gunpowder including nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and acid production."
"The Defense Industrial Base in Camden, Arkansas, remains at the forefront of critical munitions production for our National defense."
"So, it is a win-win; very good."
"Thank you all for being here, we appreciate your hard work in keeping our Nation safe, but also in keeping--taking care of the men and women that serve, which is so, so very important."
"the multiyear procurement, the National Security Supplemental that will invest in our defense industrial base is hugely important."
"Secretary Kendall, you continue to emphasize the need for our investments to meet China's escalating military threats head on."
"Westerman Blasts ESA Rules That Reverse Critical Reforms."
"the ``Not One More Inch or Acre Act'' would bar any citizen of China, or any entity subject to Chinese jurisdiction, from purchasing real property in the United States."
"I am concerned that we are getting behind, and we are allowing people who don't have our best interests at heart to develop these standards, where the US has generally been a leader in standards devel..."
"And I do want to make a clarification here. The idea of valuing our natural assets I don't think is a bad idea, and I think the US is probably behind in that, in creating standards."
"the distinction between developing standards and using those standards in a nefarious way"
"We are borrowing it from our kids and our grandkids. And with no offsets to it, that is pretty irresponsible."
