It is unacceptable that we are losing people because it takes so long to bring them on board.

It takes forever to get paid a pittance, if you get paid at all.

It is disturbing to me that in your written statement, you say all agencies assess that two hypotheses are plausible explanations for the origin of COVID: natural exposure to an infected animal, and a laboratory-associated incident.

Providing for the healthcare of our troops and their families is a no-fail mission.

Will these transformations improve the quality and level of healthcare for our troops and their families? That is the bottom line.

It is unfortunate that here we are, in March, and the President has yet to deliver his budget requests for fiscal year 2024.

The Chairman is going to solve that problem in his dual role.

It is unacceptable that we are losing people because it takes so long to bring them on board.

I hope that the Intelligence Community can provide some more-detailed analysis of the migration risk, which I see as one of the real challenges of the next 10 or 15 years.

You'd think that we'd learn from Europe's dependency on Russian gas that this is a similar thing that we really need to address as a matter of policy.

I would be fully committed to doing anything we can to make sure that the Justice Department... is doing their job because it is a just staggering issue that we are still dealing with this.

I am going to quote you on that, the not ridiculous part.

I just don't understand why you continue to maintain on behalf of the Intelligence Community, that these are two equally plausible explanations. They simply are not.

There is really no way to prioritize because each of these you are talking about fundamental basic needs that aren't being met.

I am very excited to be here with you today, and congratulations on your return as chair of the committee.

It is unfortunate that here we are, in March, and the President has yet to deliver his budget requests for fiscal year 2024.

Providing for the healthcare of our troops and their families is a no-fail mission.

Will these transformations improve the quality and level of healthcare for our troops and their families? That is the bottom line.