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Secretary Austin has committed to working with me in drafting legislation that would require our Military Services to report to the appropriate authorities when a service member poses a threat to him or herself, or to others.
I am concerned that military program managers are rewarded for embracing the status quo and not taking prudent risks.
I have had a front row seat on how not to build a lead ship and how uncertainty can lead to years of damage to the industrial base.
The civilian personnel system at DoD too often is slow and overly bureaucratic.
It wasn't the Israelis that started this conflict.
I would suggest to you that pausing or delaying the delivery of weapons to Israel is a decision, and it is a decision that most Members of Congress would take issue with.
I supported the expanded use of these contracts to munitions in the FY24 appropriations bill.
The most imminent threat to the U.S. homeland... may well be the reconstituted terrorist factions that have grown since our abandonment of Afghanistan.
I think we need to remember and always remind ourselves that it was Hamas that massacred 1,200 Israelis.
This hearing reflects the growing need to improve acquisition outcomes through applying the lessons of past acquisition programs--both good and bad.
I intend to draft legislation that would require our Military Services to report to the appropriate authorities when someone--when a Service member poses a threat to him or herself, or to others, while protecting the Second Amendment…
Thank you very much, Chairman Tester for holding this very important hearing.
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, is the gold standard, just to get that on the record
China's Navy continues its explosive growth from more than 370 ships today to 435 by the year 2030.
I can't imagine a more timely hearing than this one, given Iran's deliberate attack against the sovereign nation of Israel.
If ever the naysayers had any doubt about the value of today's surface Navy, those doubts should be eliminated by the events of the last 6 months.
We cannot forget... how many adversaries we have and Iran is certainly among them.
The bipartisan National Security Supplemental that the Senate passed more than 2 months ago includes more than $3 billion to bolster the submarine industrial base.