there are tangible results when we moved as a Congress on a bipartisan basis to give you the tools to succeed.

I mean, when we acted in 2012 in the Virginia-class program to, you know, create incremental funding, I mean, that 10-for-the-price-of-9 block for a contract became possible.

We need to act. We need to move forward on an Authorization of Use of Force.

the sort of post-Cold War holiday in the undersea realm is over, and the world is changing.

should we be looking at maybe trying to modify that proposal to, again, maximize the benefit of that modification?

the rest of the world has not sort of stayed frozen in the post-Cold War era

we just don't lose that, you know, incredibly important edge that our country has in terms of the undersea domain

the submarines are going to cost less money than their predecessors while offering more capability.

over the last 7 or 8 years, with the help of both of our witnesses here, you know, we actually, I think, have sort of reasserted the priority of our undersea force

Section 305 does, as the gentleman from Georgia points out, eliminate the excise tax on high-class plans. It is interesting to note that 5 years ago it was the House Members who pushed hard against that proposal with the administration…

I mean, I think that would send a powerful message that there is real change happening if there is reforms that the government can really talk about.

Thank you, General, for your service and testimony here today. You have probably one of the most complex missions, I think, almost you could possibly even imagine.

So thank you to the witnesses for being here and your outstanding testimony.

I was wondering, just for the sake of members who, you know, maybe aren't as familiar with the type of missions...

That is exactly how the current law treats them, as though they were mentally incapable and incompetent to manage their own affairs.

It would allow mentally capable adult with physical disabilities to create the trust that Congress has recognized as an effective vehicle to hold assets.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this hearing on our Air Force long-range strike capabilities.

We do have a separation of powers. Before we enter into something like this, the American people do have a right to know.

The American people do understand this is an existential threat we're talking about.

We are the victim and the target of the aggression.

nothing in this agreement takes the military alternative off the table for this Congress or this country today, or 15 years from today.

We are committed to their security and also to restraining Iran.

The rest of the world are apples to us being an orange.

I checked the DOD [Department of Defense] manifest over the last couple of days where we have been flying about 30 to 40 air strikes a day.

What perception, then, does the world take on that, a President that doesn't even have a majority of agreement in his own nation?