John Boozman

I remain dedicated to working with the Air Force to ensure Ebbing Air National Guard Base... becomes the premier F-35 Pilot Training Center.

Thank you all for being here. We appreciate the great work that you do ensuring the services not only have the resources to accomplish the mission but also taking care of the men and women that serve and sacrifice and their families.

Secretary Kendall, you continue to emphasize the need for our investments to meet China's escalating military threats head on.

Thank you all for being here, we appreciate your hard work in keeping our Nation safe, but also in keeping--taking care of the men and women that serve, which is so, so very important.

So, it is a win-win; very good.

This is a family affair, and not only you but your families that for many, many years have been so faithful.

The Defense Industrial Base in Camden, Arkansas, remains at the forefront of critical munitions production for our National defense.

Will you be able to in the next year or two, then be able to give us good data, working with your partners as to the positive effect that this is going to have?

I remain dedicated to working with the Air Force to ensure Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith, Arkansas, becomes the premier F-35 Pilot Training Center in the future.

I want to highlight the domestic availability of ingredients necessary to manufacture smokeless gunpowder including nitrocellulose, nitroglycerin, and acid production.

The multiyear procurement, the National Security Supplemental that will invest in our defense industrial base is hugely important.

Thank you all for being here, we appreciate your hard work in keeping our Nation safe, but also in keeping--taking care of the men and women that serve, which is so, so very important.

Secretary Kendall, you continue to emphasize the need for our investments to meet China's escalating military threats head on.

Great opportunity for veterans. The only thing that would be bad is if we couldn't--you know, once we've said the benefit is there.

I want to put that on the table and, you know, see if you have a response, but there's just, I think, a number of things and this is probably the biggest one of not unintended consequences but consequences that are out there that we need…

I am concerned about the mandatory use of the project labor agreements, which can result in cost overruns and higher construction costs.

This year's budget request is $17.5 billion, a 6 percent decrease from the fiscal year 2024 enacted level of $18.7 billion.

Great opportunity for veterans. The only thing that would be bad is if we couldn't--you know, once we've said the benefit is there.

I want to put that on the table and, you know, see if you have a response, but there's just, I think, a number of things and this is probably the biggest one of not unintended consequences but consequences that are out there that we need…

I can't recall a single year when the budget request for veterans health care went down.

I am concerned about the mandatory use of the project labor agreements, which can result in cost overruns and higher construction costs.

This year's budget request is $17.5 billion, a 6 percent decrease from the fiscal year 2024 enacted level of $18.7 billion.

In my more than 20 years working on veterans issues in both the House and the Senate, I can't recall a single year when the budget request for veterans health care went down.

I want to put that on the table and, you know, see if you have a response, but there's just, I think, a number of things and this is probably the biggest one of not unintended consequences but consequences that are out there that we need…

Great opportunity for veterans. The only thing that would be bad is if we couldn't--you know, once we've said the benefit is there.