Political Quotes

“I would like to say our country and our military are a better place because of Ranking Member Thornberry's hard work, involvement, and dedication. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of the conference report to accompany H.R. 6395, the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This NDAA continues the Armed Services Committee's commendable bipartisan tradition. I am particularly happy with the following aspects of the conference report that affect readiness. It authorizes over $250 billion for operations and maintenance, including facilities sustainment and $8 billion in new military construction. It reforms logistics and sustainment to better align the Department's support to the National Defense Strategy while ensuring that sustainment planning is emphasized early in major weapon system acquisition. It extends critical land withdrawals for the Navy and the Air Force to perform training activities at the Fallon Range Training Complex and the Nevada Test and Training Range. These are vital to the readiness of our aviation forces. It provides the Air Force with much-needed flexibility to synchronize military construction and weapons system fielding for the ground-based strategic deterrent system. It continues to reform military family housing with better remediation of severe environmental hazards. These are just some of the important improvements in readiness that the NDAA accomplishes.…”