I think it is worth noting that during your tenure you had to deal with a global pandemic, but the mission of your departments didn't come to an end or pause.

I want to join my colleagues again in congratulating Admiral Gilday and General Berger for your amazing service.

I think the Air Force made the right decision in its fiscal year 2024 budget request by fully funding the Engine Core Upgrade for the F135 engine.

I have some concerns, still, just because of the last administration's experience. And I would just ask you to, please, if you could, confirm for the committee that you are going to work with us and provide a completely fair and…

Thank you to both witnesses for your outstanding work at this time of, again, the biggest security challenge since the end of World War II.

I met with MS patients, multiple sclerosis patients, who are now getting injection treatment where, despite the fact that they are affluent, even good insurance, they are just totally hammered by the cost of that, and most of them end up…

Again, starting on January 1, Medicare patients are now paying no more than $35.00 a month for their insulin refills. I have friends in my district who say that is one-third of what they were paying before.

the good news is that Susan Collins and Patty Murray are, on a bipartisan basis, going to be introducing a bill to do exactly what you just described.

the law says one thing, but without any meaningful employment, it is literally like having no police on the road.

it is just an undeniable policy advance in health care, which is to use the negotiating authority of Medicare

the insulin piece was not limited to Medicare. It was extended to, we amended ERISA, to make sure that it would be extended to employer-based plans as well.

Again, this is a drug that is been off patent for over 100 years. I mean any sort of argument that it needed to be priced two or three times higher than, you know, what people pay in Europe, or other parts of the world, you know, because…

the Black Hawks are going to be around for a while.

the plan is not to have a one-for-one replacement for the Valors, for Black Hawks.

As the Congressman from eastern Connecticut, it is a proud moment for me to congratulate the UConn men's basketball team for winning this year's NCAA national championship on April 4, just a couple weeks ago. Mr. Speaker, the UConn men…

there are a whole host of issues that I think still kind of scream out for questions in the future.

Is there an acquisition strategy currently being developed for modernization of the Black Hawk beyond the 5-year contract with Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky that was signed in 2022?

Is the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft the Army's number one aviation modernization priority to restore attack and reconnaissance dominance?

We must, again, and I want to urge both of you, that we expedite long-range HIMARS [High Mobility Artillery Rocket System], whatever, to deter the aggression, the mass murder being conducted.

What is the current timeline for development, test and evaluation, and fielding of the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft program?

The ITEP engine has been delayed for several months due to industrial base shortages from General Electrics suppliers.

So, I would expect that we will continue to have thousands of Black Hawks in our fleet.

We are going to have plenty of time to, like I said, pick through entrails of this.

Can you confirm that the FLRAA program is not a 1:1 replacement for the Army UH-60 Black Hawk?

We are not a rubber stamp.