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The arbitrary drop in defense funding over the last 3 years has already hurt Army readiness and modernization.

We owe them much, but most importantly, the Army deserves the resources necessary for what they are doing today and for what they will be asked to do again tomorrow.

How does the Air Force intend to fix this problem once and for all?

We have to go home and explain to our constituents how we spend their tax dollars.

Why would the Air Force plan to retire aircraft in high demand without planning to replace them?

I do not think we were notified at that time.

Those two countries we are most concerned about. Cybersecurity, cyber warfare, basically platform capabilities and what they are investing into.

We keep all of those who are serving right now in our thoughts and prayers.

These challenges have been made particularly difficult by the spending caps imposed in the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011.

Regrettably, if caps under the Budget Control Act (BCA) or sequestration are allowed to stand, we may struggle to meet these obligations.

Over the last 14 years, the Army has done everything we have asked of them and more.

Where can we as Congress help you in a more efficient, streamlined, lack of redundancies, if you will?

I want to congratulate you on being named chairman of the subcommittee.

My time is up. There may be a time for another round and we will go through that. Thank you very much.

We have to take that stuff head on.

As you all have observed sometimes we're not always on the same page here as far as elected officials.

We are defending our country. We are making our country more solid.

If there's a trigger mechanism then the domestic retailers, the domestic customer, you and I, can still benefit from a lower price because of the heavy production.