Are they incorporating these risks and opportunities into theater engagement and partner development?

DOD has identified climate change as a threat to both its operations and installations.

how, if at all, is the fully burdened cost of energy factored into related acquisition decisions?

push those limits further

unleash us from the tether of fuel

which readiness-related functions are at the most risk because of this hiring freeze?

General Allyn, Admiral Moran, General Walters, General Wilson, last week, Deputy Secretary of Defense Bob Work issued implementation guidance on the civilian workforce hiring freeze directed by the president.

what specifically would a fully-funded whole 'ready' force look like, and how much time would it take to achieve?

Congress can help now: 1) Support end-strength increase, 2) Support on-going recapitalization efforts to replace aging fleets and right-size high-demand capabilities, 3) Permanent relief from Budget Control Act funding levels.

Overall, the Air Force is developing better tools and processes to analyze energy vulnerabilities at all levels.

face unacceptable limitations because of their dependence on fuel

Improving energy resiliency on military installations and forward operating bases is a priority.

if every year you are losing depot workers to retirement and attrition, how are you going to be able to increase readiness if you need more funding and end strength, yet are unable to hire more civilians to work?

If more funding were available today, our top near-term priorities to restore readiness would include ship maintenance, ship operations, air operations, and information warfare and other operations.

We insist on the 50-50, and another president did as well, because we are in a BCA cap environment.

Mr. Speaker, I think the real question for the majority is: What do you have against Secretary-elect Ryan Zinke? He is being given a brand-new rule and the keys to the castle. He has a clean slate to develop the playbook for a hugely…

This resolution threatens the success of the law we fought so hard to pass, so I urge a ``no'' vote.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to H.J. Res. 58, the joint resolution of disapproval of the rule submitted by the Department of Education relating to teacher preparation programs. This resolution…