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Six years ago, the so-called Affordable Care Act was forced through Congress and signed by President Obama.

The law was passed on a series of strictly partisan votes over the opposition of the majority of the American people.

AFI 1-1 states, 'Every airman has the right to individual expressions of sincerely held beliefs...'

General Goldfein, how is the Air Force working with the contractor to address problems in the Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS) maintenance system?

General Goldfein, what obstacles do you see impacting the Air Force's ability to reach IOC on schedule?

Congress's prohibition on the retirement of the A-10 Warthog has caused a shortage in experienced uniformed maintainers for Air Force fighter units standing up new weapons systems, like the F-35.

I personally believe that is unconstitutional for the United States under any circumstance to detain a U.S. person on U.S. soil indefinitely.

I do not think I have ever met a servicemember or a prospective servicemember who has expressed concern about going into the military or continuing to serve in the military on the basis that the military is not the most progressive…

The Nation's most progressive employer

Everything we have done is to improve the combat mission of the U.S. military.

Mr. Fanning, we have seen that Active Protection Systems (APS) for military forces have been deployed by Russia and Israel.

Mr. Fanning, do you commit, if confirmed, to work closely with this Committee and other Members of Congress on this issue, which we view as matter of great importance?

It is also a concern for those of us who view the purpose and structure of the military through the lens of our Nation's founders, who put a large emphasis on the idea of a 'citizen-soldier'.

If confirmed, I will work closely and transparently with this Committee and the Congress on the recommendations and implementation of future structure plans.

I have no additional speakers. I urge its passage. I really and truly enjoyed working with Members on both sides of the aisle to get this through and urge its adoption. I reserve the balance of my time.

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Utah is recognized for 5 minutes.

I simply want to say that I concur with the gentleman from Pennsylvania who has studied this and spent a considerable amount of time with this. We would urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment. This amendment removes title II of the bill…

I would like to make my counterpart aware that I have one additional speaker and then I am prepared to close. At this time, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hultgren).