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As the chairman last Congress of Technology Modernization Subcommittee, and as ranking member of the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee this Congress, I have seen how large an impact contracting has on the VA.

I have introduced legislation to create an acquisition review board at the VA this Congress

I have gotten water, ever since I moved back to my hometown, from a rural water district, Patoka Lake, an Army Corps lake.

I am trusting you to ensure that the material that we teach our future leaders will permit them to lead troops in battle and protect our national security.

Those goals are established based on the composition of our Army officer corps.

And, therefore, naturally we have enjoyed applications from a very diverse group of people in this country.

Are you meeting your race-based composition goals at West Point?

So, race-based composition goals for the Class of 2027? Simple question.

If Congress nominates candidates to the academies, why, why do we have to take race into consideration at all?

I think you owe it to the committee to tell us how much, what do you think the difference would be?

I am not sure that right now what we are teaching our cadets and mids always, always does that.

I still urge you as leaders of these academies to consider that much of the DEI and inclusivity training not only doesn't work to decrease bias, but it is actually the weaponization of one ideological position, identity over all else.

We must do everything that we can to preserve the meritocracy of our military.

We establish them based on the demographics in our Air Force.

The goals that we have are application goals.

In closing, I am somewhat reassured by Admiral Buck's agreement that the Supreme Court decision would have little if no impact on the makeup on our academies if it was ruled to include the military academies.

I wish that we would get back to the 'Be All You Can Be' Army that we were and not try and go ahead and start driving a political agenda.

This amendment is simple. It ensures our military service academies are in line with the Supreme Court's recent decision on the unconstitutionality of race-based affirmative action, and it strives to uphold the ideals of meritocracy, which…