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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?

It would require a clear, coordinated, government-wide strategy for ending these preventable deaths and ensuring that USAID focuses quickly on scaling up the highest impact, evidence-based interventions.

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

I do want to welcome Administrator Power. I know that the subcommittee looks forward to hearing your testimony on USAID's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

I hope that--it seems to me that is an important role that the Department can play.

Mitch McConnell once told me that if you ask a Senator who is a former Governor which job they like better, if they say Senator, you know they'll lie to you about other things.

I consider one of the most important parts of your mandate to be supporting and encouraging the development of alternative storage.

If that happens, people are going to look back and say--they were arguing about disruption to the fossil fuel industry?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

If we are going to achieve a green energy future, we have to do permitting reform.

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

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

Do you anticipate requesting a supplemental to cover increased fuel costs?

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

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

I appreciate your holding this hearing on the Air Force's fiscal year 2024 budget request.

The seven operational imperatives that you and the Chiefs have established for the Air Force and Space Force provide a useful framework for our analysis this morning.

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