The CR does impact our ability to get a start with it.

I think it is important we plan for how utilize this money and so that the taxpayer gets the biggest bang for the buck.

The workload certainly isn't decreasing, and the ongoing mission in the Southwest border, as well as your support to European Command, demonstrate exactly that.

You are not immune from recruiting challenges that our active-duty military services face, nor are you immune from disruptive impacts of Government shutdowns, continuing resolutions.

They may not have been born here, but they love this country as much as any of us who pledge allegiance to that flag.

Unfortunately, what we have found is some of the supply chain issues has delayed the delivery of some of those goods.

There is pressure in a CR (Continuing Resolution) environment, however, for new starts or new contracts, which has delayed in some cases what we had intended to originally buy.

The National Guard and Reserves have always done more with less, fewer full-time personnel, smaller budgets, older weapons systems and vehicles, and aging IT infrastructure and facilities.

100 percent correct.

Put simply, it puts our national security at risk.

There is pressure in a CR (Continuing Resolution) environment, however, for new starts or new contracts, which has delayed in some cases what we had intended to originally buy.

I think it is important we plan for how utilize this money and so that the taxpayer gets the biggest bang for the buck.

The workload certainly isn't decreasing, and the ongoing mission in the Southwest border, as well as your support to European Command, demonstrate exactly that.

Unfortunately, what we have found is some of the supply chain issues has delayed the delivery of some of those goods.

I hope that when you are in the highest levels of the Pentagon, that you discuss this candidly.

It would misalign billions of dollars in resources in a manner inconsistent with evolving threats and the national security landscape.

Ultimately, this person didn't do it without somebody above him knowing what was going on.

This bill does not work unless CFIUS can do the enforcement.