The fiscal year 2024 budget request has $220 million for three military housing privatization initiative restructures.

It is disgusting. Have you been through any of those housing facilities?

But we are having taxpayer--we are asking for taxpayer dollars to do what they should have?

As Ted said, sexual assault has absolutely no place in the United States Navy.

That absolutely disastrous cut would slow the pace of new construction of housing and would prolong instances of costly or inadequate housing for military families.

We don't step in and have the taxpayers pay for it.

If those go through with these reckless and draconian cuts, the impact on our veterans will be devastating.

It is unacceptable that we are trying to put the taxpayers on the hook for something that these private companies should be responsible for.

It is frustrating, especially as we embark on travel to go see our military infrastructure around the world, and we talk with frustrated military servicemembers who show us decrepit, aging, unsafe infrastructure that they have to try to…

if you have a process that you design to ensure that people, that we can really get a handle on this problem but your servicemembers don't have trust in it, then it is useless.

And finally, I would like an update on Navy and Marine Corps efforts to prevent sexual assaults and improve trust in the reporting system.