Thank you for having mentioned the fact that individuals who make those decision to stay in place, opt out of the promotion for the moment.

It is my hope that the next 4 years will be a time of growth and success for the Coast Guard, with more women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community rising through the ranks.

Admiral Fagan, your leadership as the first female service chief will be essential for expanding opportunities for all women in the Coast Guard.

We are facing an epidemic of gun violence in our country, and we continue to see armed conflict and even human rights abuses abroad committed with American-made weapons.

I have called for a National carjacking and car theft task force as a result of a rising number of car thefts impacting my district, the State of New Jersey, and of course across our country.

Isn't it true that such agents are checking to see if such exports are diverted to unapproved persons but not checking for whether or not such firearms are being used for human rights abuses?

President Biden, when he was a candidate, promised that he would reverse President Trump's transfer of export control.

This bill once again demonstrates the long and proud tradition of bipartisan work by the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee. Our members have shared the great responsibility to keep America's land and air forces the best in the…

The gentleman is correct. We all want an open, competitive, and fair contracting process. The Department of Defense, as we know, is the largest government contractor--over $400 billion a year in contracts--60 percent are by the Department…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Once again, we are talking about our most valuable asset in this country, its workers, and the ability to treat them with fairness and giving them the ability to achieve the American Dream; that starts…

This is something I know quite a bit about because I was one of those young electricians in an area hoping to get a job, and then I see somebody come from hundreds of miles away with their company and undercut by literally cutting their…

I look forward to working together on strengthening the readiness and responsiveness of the service.

Let me just say in closing that I understand what my colleague from Texas is saying when he talks about why he might think it is in the interest of the United States to sell these weapons or these planes to Turkey, and I respect his…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of subtitle A of title XXVIII the following new section: SEC. 28__. LOCAL HIRE…

I thank Chairman Smith for yielding. I would like to speak on the Jackie Speier amendment No. 337, part of en bloc No. 3, which directs the Secretary of Defense in coordination with the Secretary of State to document details of the…

A special thanks to Chairman Smith and his team for their tireless work on this bill and for including several important amendments that seek justice for the thousands of Armenians killed in Azerbaijan's deadly, unprovoked war in…

Let me say that I totally disagree with my colleague, and I do respect him, as he knows, but we are talking about F-16s and F-16 upgrades. I don't see how the gentleman could say that that is not within the jurisdiction of this committee…

This hearing is an excellent opportunity to publicly explore how we can improve the Federal Government to unlock the potential of advanced aviation.