Steve Womack: “Objection. The Acting CHAIR. Objection is heard. The gentleman from Tennessee is recognized. {time} 1945”

This is a very unusual situation we have. We created this Space Force, and we took people out of the Air Force and other services.

There are only about 578 people that will be affected by this. You know, the Guard is over 100,000.

I can tell all of you the river valley in Arkansas is very excited to hear the sound of freedom beginning this fall, I guess, when the Polish show up.

I think a lot of us up here would agree that the federal bureaucracy has become bloated, but I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical.