"We all recognize that readiness suffered during several years of underfunding following the 2011 enactment of the Budget Control Act."
"Are the Armed Forces of the United States prepared to fulfill their constitutional duty to provide for the common defense?"
"All of us would like to understand how this steady funding has improved readiness with specific examples."
"It would be destabilizing? Is that your assessment?"
"If we went to sequestration levels again, it would be four times that."
"Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Readiness"
"We understand that neither service has programmed funding to address these challenges."
"All of us want safe drinking water, of course."
"Well, thank you. Before we go on to other questions and issues, just a clarification on the housing issue."
"I encourage the Department to prioritize research into effective firefighting chemicals that are free from contaminants."
"We would love to see that."