the Constitution was written in such a way as to say that only Congress can appropriate money.

Thank you for making this an issue in the last NDAA.

Nature has a way of also prioritizing.

Let's see here. So today's witnesses oversee a diverse set of programs that are all of great interest to this committee.

This issue will go long, long beyond this Congress, should the President be allowed to literally appropriate money using an emergency declaration.

I have got one more thing, and that is an ongoing question.

I thank the freshman class for giving me the opportunity to take a few seconds here. Madam Speaker, I wish to recognize Brigadier General Thomas Kunkel upon his departure as Chief, Air Force Legislative Liaison to the U.S. House of…

We do pay attention to polar security cutters.

the committee has become aware of a document produced by the Navy and the Marine Corps Public Health Center, that seems to discourage clinicians from suggesting that a patient's home could be contributing to their condition.

thank you for your--for enlightening us and telling us about the problem so that we can move forward with a solution.

Equally disturbing is the fact that when these families reached out to their chain of command for help, instead of getting the support that they desperately needed, they received shrugs of indifference, and they were told that there is…

Thank you. Without objection, your statement and the statement of all of the witnesses will be entered into the record.