John Garamendi

Let me start with a thank you for the good work you have been doing with regard to Ukraine, pushing the necessary equipment into Ukraine.

The bottom line of this is if we develop a National Maritime Security Program that uses the Jones Act fleet, makes them militarily useful, along with the current MSP program, we could do this at a fraction of the cost, and those ships…

The budget for the Navy... doesn't seem to be enough. It will never be enough to build the fleet necessary.

We do not have in place today the fleet, the ships, the vessels, the personnel to sustain ourself.

The tanker program is a good start, but it is not even a sufficient start, just good to get started.

Myself and other Members of the Committee have noticed that global investment in developing technologies that decrease the noise footprint of airports and commercial aircraft is increasing.

I will point out that the administration's policy is buy America. Make it in America.

You've correctly identified a set of problems and we will-- we will be pursuing that set of problems.

This is not a concern of the distant future but this is a concern now and will certainly be in the days ahead.

I applaud the Army for its recently released climate strategy that seeks to transition our tactical fleet away from a sole reliance on fossil fuels.

I strongly support the Department's transition to nontactical electric vehicles.

It's an important part of our work.

We've been at this for 10 years--actually, for 23 years and we still do not have a backup to the GPS system.

We'd like this to be in this year's NDAA. We don't want to miss another year on this one.

The Navy is in the process of addressing the manifold problems that have been brought--highlighted in this hearing.

I will use our position to observe and hold you accountable for the implementation of what you intend to do to address the known problems here.

Even as we grow more distance from many of the events, let us say at the outset that we continue to grieve and remember the 17 sailors who died on the USS McCain and Fitzgerald in the collisions of 2017.

My job is to deter limited nuclear use, and if deterrence fails, to restore that deterrence.

The Trump administration proposed an additional nonstrategic nuclear weapon, a nuclear-capable Sea-Launched Cruise Missile.

What is the administration's strategy for pursuing future strategic arms control dialogue with Russia and China?

How is the DOD ensuring that there is competition within the National Security Space Launch program in Phase III?

Is the DOD going to continue to request funding for the B83-1?

Will the DOD keep it in its arsenal?

The Midwest Dairy Coalition supports the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (H.R. 1603), as passed by the House in March 2021.

We thank Congressmen Garamendi and Johnson and Senators Klobuchar and Thune for their bipartisan leadership in getting this important legislation across the finish line.