"The Procurement Technical Assistance Program provides critical training and in-depth, individualized counseling that small businesses need to compete and succeed in defense contracting."
"Should our service members who are serving in Niger qualify for IDP?"
"Well, thank you. And, again, that is something that I think a lot of Members might be interested in, following up with OMB to make sure that they do the right thing."
"This budget proposes to procure 10 battle force ships in fiscal year 2019, 8 non-battle force ships, and 54 battle force ships over the next 5 years, 11 more than was planned in the fiscal year 2018 b..."
"some of the work that Representative Courtney has done on the submarine fleet where we have looked at investing"
"In December 2016, the Department of the Navy produced a new Force Structure Assessment which reviewed and validated military requirements and determined that the Navy our Nation needs is a 355-ship Na..."
"This is the fourth engagement that we have held on topic since last fall, which is of the highest urgency, given the unacceptable level of fatalities in non-combat settings which occurred in 2017."
"If that amendment was removed, we actually step back, Congress steps back from this issue and really allows the Navy to then move forward with a more optimal arrangement."
"We are causing damage, that every time we vote for another continuing resolution, we are doing damage."
"If we fail to get this right, and if we fail to get the resources that our military needs to defend and protect us, it doesn't matter how important we think tax cuts are."
"The costs and consequences of inaction are enormous and the consequences will be devastating."