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That to me shouldn't require an IG report. That should be on the books now, I think.

The citizens Soldiers of the Guard and Reserve serve in the proud tradition of the Minutemen who fought for the very founding of our country.

And yet the President's budget request cuts the Guard and Reserve budget by $3 billion compared to fiscal year 2023 enacted levels, impeding both modernization and readiness.

What was most disturbing to me was when I learned through some of the court filings that there was an Air Force memorandum that indicated that he had been repeatedly warned.

Should new aircraft be fielded in a manner that is proportional to the Guard's operational contributions?

The need to properly resource ready, well-equipped, and integrated Guard and Reserve components could not be more clear.

We are overly dependent upon China for lithium, which is an essential part of EV batteries.

We have to talk about permitting reform in a reasonable period of time to get things done.

FERC should have more responsibility in terms of gas pipelines and reliability and cyber protection.

We are in a race with climate change.

It's not synthetic dispatchability. It is dispatchability. You have batteries plus renewables. That is a baseload plant.

Well, we have got to make decisions here as to--this hearing is about delaying the retirement. I want to know how long and how that relates to the rest of the risk.

The American Society of Civil Engineers identify severe weather as the predominant cause of customer outage.

The other point I want to make, Mr. Chairman, we had a very informative hearing just before the break about small modular reactors, and this country is falling behind in that technology.

Actually, we should have been making this transition years ago, and we are trying to make it in a hurry because we are in a crisis situation.

We really have to talk about being able to construct new transmission.

I am going to be submitting several amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act on the Armed Services Committee.

Twenty-eight months is too long for a rule. And by the way, that rule should be retroactive, given the time that has elapsed.