Another issue that's obviously going to have an impact on morale is inflation and supply chain.

Yeah, that's an issue that we've been struggling with here, and it affects a lot of us on a lot of different fronts.

I'm concerned that we are critically behind in our maintenance.

I married into a Navy family, and obviously I have a lot of friends, Naval Air Station Lemoore being in the district, a lot of constituents and friends who are sailors and have spent a lot of time away from family not having access to ways…

We need to discuss these tragic losses of life.

It is critical that we work together to provide adequate resources to fully fund weapons systems, operations, and training.

We want them to come in in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Space Force.

We need to--this doesn't need to be a military business. This needs to be an American business where everyone says it is okay to join your Army.

I want to echo our chairwoman and ranking member on some of the concerns obviously with the budget request for the--it is disappointing.

We do need to employ more security measures to avoid the kinds of thefts you have described, because it compromises readiness.

I know that we all share in your commitment for supporting our soldiers both abroad and at home.

While the DOD is researching why these cancers rates are so startling across the Force, impacted servicemembers will depend on the VA to provide critical testing and therapeutics to detect and treat this ever-present cancer.

Thank you to our guests for being here today, our panelists.

We have five John Lewis-class oilers in this budget fundamental to what we want to do with both the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Mr. President, I rise to speak in support of the Space National Guard Establishment Act of 2021, which Senator Rubio and I introduced today. I thank Senator Rubio along with our 10 bipartisan cosponsors for joining me on this important…

I would recommend to you that we could meet the needs of logistics, maybe that second half of the half full cup, by utilizing the Jones Act ships that are presently available.

The choices made during the acquisitions process when procuring new platforms affect the decades of sustainment that follows.

I believe that eliminating the right of women to make decisions about when and whether to have children would have very damaging effects on the economy and would set women back decades. Roe v. Wade and access to reproductive health care…