General Jumper, there have been reports in the press regarding an Air Force policy which authorizes Air Force pilots to take amphetamines called 'go pills' as a 'fatigue-management tool.'

last year, I supported a legislative proposal with my friend Senator Max Cleland, which called for an increase in end strength based on your personnel requirements.

I am impressed that you have been able to accelerate development and construction of Littoral Combat Ships in this year's budget.

What has happened to transformation?

what effect will this have on those E-1s on the lower end of the pay scale with respect to getting the last of our military personnel off of food stamps, or will we backslide and be putting personnel back on food stamps?

what time line are we looking at for OSD's desired bureaucratic reforms to actually have an impact on the battlefield for our warfighters?

I continue to be troubled by your Service's push to lease 100 KC-767 tankers under terms that are clearly a disservice to the taxpayers of this country.

I was surprised to learn that the Navy has elected not to include the Cockpit Air Bag System (CABS)...

I have two concerns here. First, today's Navy routinely operates in littoral waters increasingly populated by a very capable diesel submarine threat, yet we are doing away with a class of ships designed to counter that threat.

General Shinseki, I noted that the Army intends to invest nearly $700 million over the next 6 years to modernize key training ranges.

my staff was recently briefed on the implementation of the Call to Service Plan, which Senator Bayh and I were successful in including in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.

I am looking at the pay tables here. In 2000, the law prescribed military pay raises to be ECI plus 0.5 percent.