I have asked the administration to consider some permanent basing options for the Baltics because, ultimately, U.S. flag is probably the most important thing for deterrence.

Great. Well, I mean, the good news is, I think you have a lot of support on this subcommittee for SIOP.

Rep. Courtney, you certainly hit on a very important program for the Department of the Navy and our ability to generate ready forces.

Thank you for your answer. And, with that, I yield back.

Thank you for that swift action.

I hope again you can sort of talk a little bit about, you know, the Department and hopefully you'll give some consideration to pushing out the pause for another three or 4 months.

The subcommittee is now in session and meets this morning to hear testimony from the Department of the Navy on the fiscal year 2022 budget.

we are on standby to help move that and fix that issue

we keep getting it pulled out from under us and putting all our eggs in the basket of some sort of future, magical third offset thing.

what are we doing now, today, to deter the PLA from attempting an invasion of Taiwan?

Thank you, Mr. Golden.

We have got to fund readiness, because if we don't have a ready force, we don't have a force.

we are going to buy future capability even though we can't really make the math work for present capacity.

this subcommittee sort of led the way in terms of the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel construction program

we have seen from both Congressional Budget Office and CRS impressive feedback about efficiencies in savings

I think it is really--particularly when we are talking about transition type of plans, is that you have got to have more than a 1-year set of headlights.

As you know the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world at great cost to our society.

According to one study our country spends 80 billion dollars a year on incarceration, and up to one trillion dollars in collateral costs to communities and to families annually.

Unfortunately, we only spend a fraction of that on workforce development programs that help people gain the skills they need to obtain good-paying long-term jobs.

Unfortunately, when a budget comes over without a FYDP and without a 30-year shipbuilding plan, it, frankly, makes your job a lot harder.

Gainful employment was at the top of the list when it came to the factors that reduce an individual's likelihood to commit crimes in the future.

There's no way you can ever say you're sorry to that 7 year old girl who now has to live with this all of her life.

Community eligibility is a win/win for schools and students.

This is an issue that I'm quite honestly, I worked on a bit when I was a State legislator back 25 years ago.

I think there is strong support across the board for boosting the public yards.