COVID really showed how fragile our food system is, and we saw our system really break down in pretty stunning ways.

The new barracks would provide equitable berthing and showers and rest room facilities for male and female recruits.

I would like to express my strong support.

Well, first of all, thank you, Chairman, for holding this meeting and bringing to the front of the line something that is near and dear to everyone on this call, whether you agree how we get there or not, it's those golden years.

The project would also expand the capacity of the training center to accommodate 5,000 annual recruits.

I think we can move from 55 percent where we are, incrementally and predictably, so that supply chains become more secure.

No, incredibly important. But it's also keeping that industrial base alive, which we all agree with that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this timely hearing on a very, very important topic, and to the Ranking Member as well.

there have got to be consequences, because if there are no consequences, there is no changed behavior.

I personally oppose taking the prosecution authority away from the commander.

the trillions of dollars we just spent propping up businesses through the pandemic, you could call that a bailout. No, it is helping Americans.

Has there been a public apology specifically to her on this issue?

we cannot have people who are trying to serve our country in this capacity or any to be harassed or discriminated against because they are a woman or a minority or a gay or whatever.

I am concerned with when you find substantiated allegations, what are the consequences to the individuals that either perpetrated the harassment or the discrimination or allowed it and didn't do anything about it?

It's unconscionable. We have had time to work through this. Talking about it is not a plan.

166 Members of Congress have cosponsored H.R. 18, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, to make the Hyde amendment and other current abortion funding prohibitions permanent and to ensure that the Affordable Care Act conforms with the…

I have great respect for your mission, for your leadership, and you know where I stand as it relates to making sure that you have the fleet that you need.

And certainly to my colleagues on the other side, Mr. Walberg and I have reached many common grounds on this. So I think there is a real pathway here.