"This is really about preventing burnout in a key sector of our economy."
"This is an issue that I'm quite honestly, I worked on a bit when I was a State legislator back 25 years ago."
"Again your testimony, your written testimony notice that again the House passed, the National Apprenticeship Act which is the first update to the Fitzgerald Act which passed in 1937."
"Great. Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman."
"I think there is strong support across the board for boosting the public yards."
"Good morning, everyone. This morning, the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee meets to hear testimony on the Department of the Air Force fiscal year 2022 budget request."
"And what I can say as someone, like Chairman Courtney, who has flown in the aircraft recently, is that I think three things are true."
"And that is why our plan makes use of the KC-46 in the near term while also fixing that camera as soon as possible."
"In closing, I want to say a personal thank you to the members of this committee and the broader House Armed Services Committee, past and present."
"Well, thank you. I mean, again, when we got the budget, I guess it was like about 10 days ago, I mean, that $800 million increase kind of jumped off the page."
"Thank you, Chairman Courtney."
"I think, you know, that this program, as Mr. Wittman said at the outset, is really probably an all-star right now in terms of procurement."