Frankly, I see nothing in the scant 11 pages of H.R. 4007 to deliver the massive reforms that will be required to make C...
As Members of Congress, we shouldn't wait for any administration, Democrat or Republican, in order to act and author the...
we've lost our ability to prioritize, to make hard decisions, to do tough analysis, to make trades.
It seems to me there are a great many other areas in the DOD budget that ought to be much higher candidates for cuts.
I am very troubled by these cuts, diminishing our ability to defend our national security.
It is $170 million.
Would you agree that, right now, the risk is unacceptably high, in terms of the impact of an EMP attack?
I guess another potential area to deal with that threat is to improve our capacity with regard to missile defense.
We know how real the North Korean threat is as 4 years ago tomorrow, North Korea fired a torpedo sinking the South Korea...
Against this real threat, our Nation is committed to the security of South Korea and to our national interests.
Readiness is my top overarching priority.
Those proposed cuts concern me greatly.
For example, the Navy spent $170 million on algae fuel, which costs four times as much as regular fuel, which means, pot...
My final question is this. In a hearing before this committee, Secretary Hagel responded to this same line of questionin...
DOD continues to spend billions of dollars on alternative energy research in programs at DOD that I think are far less e...
Even in these tight budgetary times, the Navy budget now contains nearly $70 million, in this year's budget, for a reque...
should the Army cancel those $7 billion in renewable energy projects and try to recoup some of those savings for Army BC...
Secretary McHugh, section 565 of the NDAA for Fiscal Year 2014 requires you to review the terrorist attacks committed by...
