Restoring readiness to support a total force of 500,000 Airmen and over 5,000 aircraft must remain a top priority for this committee.

How important is this program to us in the future?

The Air Force is requesting $156.3 billion, an increase of about $4.6 billion over amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2018.

Does the 2019 request provide adequate inventory levels of your most important munitions?

If you don't do that, you're going to have a brain drain, aren't you?

And I think when we're looking at this crisis, we've got to look at the totality.

Thank you, Senator Durbin.

Well, it ought to be shocking to people that the suicide issue for 10-year-olds to 24-year-olds is the second-leading cause of death.

I rise this morning, during National Police Week, to recognize and remember the men and women in blue, who protect and serve our local communities each and every day. Law enforcement officers leave the safety of their homes each day not…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: SEC. __. MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY…

I mean, in my own district it's no longer shocking to hear that a young high school student has committed suicide.

I think that might be part of the solution.

I'm going to lean into this a little bit and maybe step on some toes, and make some people uncomfortable.

I don't think we're going to really improve productivity at the Federal Government until we improve both the civil service issues and the IT.

First of all, I sense an indication that senior leaders, and I think you, Ms. Weichert, mentioned this. Some of the senior leaders in the agencies have reported some frustration over a lack of empowerment and ability to drive the changes…

Mr. Kinzinger said that he takes national security as his top issue. It is the top responsibility for every single Member of Congress.

We acknowledge the challenging assignment you face to source an increasing demand for forces today while also modernizing to compete with more technically capable adversaries.

You can't let the market run ahead of you, technologically.