In the last 2 years the budget requests greatly underestimated fuel costs on the very day the budget was released.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

Clinical holds can be an important and appropriate tool for the Agency to utilize when a potential concern with an application has surfaced, but they are not a substitute for timely, constructive, and clear communication to sponsors.

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

I applaud the Space Force's effort to develop a more resilient space architecture.

Whatever happened to 'Need to Know'? That is the principle that is supposed to oversee and restrict access to sensitive classified information.

Until that new system is in place, I welcome the Department's continued commitment to recapitalizing all of the legacy KC-135 aircraft across the Air Force.

It appears that this was going on for many months without the Airman, allegedly, being caught.

Mr. Secretary, I want to return to the F-35 engine issue.

I am totally in, yes, sir.

the Great American Outdoors Act was a heavy lift around here.

$100 million for a $58 billion asset base is an insult to the people of the United States.

Eisenhower retook Europe in 11 months. I am not sure we need to wait three or four years to decide how much wood we are going to cut.

We in Congress often hear complaints and concerns about how long it takes to develop new capabilities.

The Department is proposing to retire three times as many aircraft as it plans to buy this year.

The mission-capable rate for the F-35 in February was just 53 percent.