I have heard a lot from commanders around the world in different combatant commands in the different services about diminishing weapon stockpiles.

Failure to reauthorize would send Iran exactly the opposite message. In other words, the U.S. will not push back against bad Iranian behavior.

If the decision is to proceed with the sole source award for the helicopter replacement program, are you prepared to present this committee with the overwhelming evidence necessary that such an award would actually provide best value to…

Why are the employee bonuses a priority over funding other critical missions of the agency?

Last year, I offered an amendment to the Senate Financial Services bill that was adopted by voice vote based on a bill that I and Senator Heitkamp introduced.

What would necessitate a sole source contract for a helicopter?

In regard to the Get Transcript application, the IRS will eventually send out over 1.7 million letters that are being mailed to affected taxpayers.

Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Commissioner, for being here. We appreciate your testimony very, very much.

Now we will go into a second round of questions.

I want to actually touch on something related here about training times.

Thank you very much for a productive conversation. Most importantly, thanks for your service to our country.

The burdens on the smaller institutions should reflect the risks they present.

I think, as we have discussed, as Senator Ernst raised in her questions, this fits in with the theme of modernization and readiness.

We cannot send our sons and daughters into combat today without 100 percent confidence in their readiness.

If we want to change Cuba, we need to have more contact with Cuba.

But they received them in the past?

Unfortunately, little progress has been made in reducing compliance costs and regulatory burdens.

I mean, it works fine if you are an O4 NMI and you live it day in and day out.