I think it is important for us to dig deeper. How many sales have actually been lost? Let's get specific.

Well, at one point, as I understand it, there was an amendment to just get rid of the R&D----

Despite these potential challenges, based on current sales this year, foreign military sales are robust. Let me repeat: they are robust.

the taxpayers have received zero, basically zero back for all the R&D that we invest in these various weapons systems.

So where does the slowness start to be seen? Where is the logjam?

But as I understand it from you, you have waived every single request.

I'm asking the question to myself and to you, when does the U.S. benefit from the R&D that we have actually put into these systems when the companies go and sell to foreign countries and reap all of the benefits?

The purpose, as our chair has pointed out, of today's hearing is to provide members of the subcommittee an industry perspective on the U.S. foreign military sales policy and practices.

I think it's very important to appreciate the fact that countries that we believe are our friends, that we then sell equipment to, who subsequently--and are told that they're not supposed to share the technology with persons, other…

as Congresswoman Speier pointed out, you know, should you do that? We're concerned about who's accountable for them, who's going to keep track of them.

I don't want to see our technology transfer to foreign countries in a manner that makes it easy for them to benefit from all of the money we spend on R&D.

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