Do you agree that demand for the services provided by the Trusted Foundry Program has met and/or exceeded expectations?

Our loan repayment program, the increase that we received has been very successful.

One of the priority projects I had when I first got on this subcommittee was to make certain that nurses got full recognition for their service.

For fiscal year 2010, the President has requested $156.4 billion for the Navy and the Marine Corps.

Despite the growth in the budget, there is bound to be controversy over other investment decisions.

The events of recent days have been of much concern to many of us.

I am also asking questions on the possibility of developing an export version of the F-22.

Your decision to terminate the acquisition of the C-17s, the F-22s, the DDG 1000, and the future combat system vehicles, we have concerns that it may send the wrong signal to our friends and our potential aggressors that we are reducing…

I just hope that we are preparing ourselves to cope with all of these problems.

Your sponsorship of significant telemedicine legislation and research is greatly appreciated.

We request that the subcommittee fund a full spectrum of traumatic brain injury care.

Since the very beginning of this Program in 1992, Congress has stood with us in support of this important investment in the fight against breast cancer.

Chairman Inouye and Ranking Member Cochran, you and this entire Committee have been leaders in the effort to continue this innovative investment in breast cancer research.

Our wounded warriors deserve the Nation's best quality treatment. They earned it the hard way.

He's concerned, however, that when he sees not one dime, one penny, nor a shadow of concern is given to our military survivors.

Chairman Inouye, I want to thank you and the Congress for naming lupus as one of the diseases that can be researched under the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program.

Our next witness is the legislative director of the National Association for Uniformed Services, Mr. Rick Jones.

We must increase troop strength; it must be resourced.