These increasingly aggressive activities by our adversaries is no coincidence as they observe our fiscal struggles, and therefore Congress must act to repeal the damaging effects of the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011 funding caps and…

So I have to say then that if today is 2015, 2021--you said that those other fighters and the bomber are adequate to replace, but adequate in my opinion is not necessarily enough when it comes to supporting the troops on the ground that…

We have the smallest and oldest Air Force since our inception in 1947.

But it is being used by the Marine Corps and Special Operations Forces. What capabilities does this commercially available alternative lack that the Marine Corps does not need that the Army needs?

I would point out that Russia, because of the falling price of oil, has implemented its own version of sequestration.

Over the past 5 years, the current version of DCGS has struggled to provide its promised capabilities.

While we are talking about solutions that are good enough or better than nothing, let us shift for a moment to the macro budget picture.

Secretary LaPlante, are any of your mature munitions programs likely candidates for multi-year procurement contracts to help reduce unit costs?

As you have heard today, I would say all of the members of this subcommittee, as the full committee, are intent on increasing our defense budgets.

I mean, the information just comes from any intelligence sensor. Whether it is a Joe out on the beach or whether it is a satellite in the sky, I mean, it is ultimately a database and then you have ways to manipulate and understand and…

General Holmes, will the Air Force experience the same maintenance manning shortfall challenges as you are experiencing with the F-35 bed down?

I have to tell you, that hurts to hear it referred to--to me, a slush fund is something that would be used to spend money unnecessarily or wastefully.

Instead of strengthening our military and ensuring our men and women in uniform have the comprehensive training and world-class equipment they need, sustained defense budget cuts, in combination with mindless sequestration, are damaging…

A number of us just returned from the Ukraine, and so I have got a question about what is going on in eastern Europe.

the threat is moving forward rapidly and progressing at an equal pace.

It is always great to have you here. Always look forward to your testimony.

My sense on this is it would be lunacy from the perspective of America's national security to be decreasing even one combat soldier.

Thank you, Senator Sullivan.