I want to thank the Chairman for holding this hearing.
the practical reality is that it is not going to be, given that the same people who are involved in the budget analysis ...
we really need is an assessment that is unconstrained by the budget requests.
your recommendation--looking at the threats, looking at the need to project power and ensure access--is a Navy that woul...
You don't think it is a problem that gravesites are mismarked?
So do you dispute the findings of the IG report that there were 100 unmarked graves, that there were scores of gravesite...
Well, given the amount of money that you are spending to develop a new system, I have to believe the contractor would ha...
I understand that, but it seems to me that the VA's system, despite its deficiencies, is better than the paper system th...
Mr. Metzler, this is really important, because what you are saying right now is at odds with what the Army IG report say...
And you specifically asked for more money and more staff and were turned down?
Doesn't the staff rely on those maps when they direct the family members to the gravesites?
But Mr. Metzler, you have an IG report that identifies 100 graves without the proper burial stone, that----
If you thought the money was being spent for the wrong things, if you thought you were understaffed, whom did you relay ...
How are the families supposed to find the gravesites of their loved ones?
Gross mismanagement of these sanctified grounds has tarnished the sacred trust and shaken many military families.
We expect the utmost honor and dignity to be given to those buried at Arlington.
That obviously is $26 million less. That is more than a 10 percent cut.
I support FEMA's efforts to modernize the outdated flood maps with new modeling and more detailed data.
