Michael Waltz

What safeguards are in place to ensure that the Department of the Navy isn't helping fund the Chinese Communist Party's industrial complex by purchasing photovoltaic cells and modules sourced from China?

I would encourage that, obviously. But, also, if we could have a followup and if you could share that with us. Because we are putting measures in place, or authorizing measures--it needs to be based on data, not what we think is going on…

We have narratives--COVID, wokeism, extremism, what have you. We have a lot of thoughts on narratives. Do you have data that you can send the committee?

I just received a call from a senior cadet who has decided not to join the Air Force because he was number one in his ROTC program but he was told by his department that they have never had a woman at the top and so he was going to be…

I think they are fundamental to the type of fighting force that we have.

The Air National Guard currently fields 5 rapidly deployable Electromagnetic Warfare Squadrons that can provide Combatant Commands with a variety of offensive space control options at a time of crisis.

I want to work with the service on how to accelerate that.

Can you come back and work with me, and work with the committee, on a plan there?

Can you talk to me about a recap plan for the Air Guard?

I would certainly encourage you to take a hard look at that.

The FCC has 60 to 65,000 applications of backlog, right? That is 65,000 birds waiting to go up.

Why aren't we opening that up to other commercial providers that can provide those same-day, day-of-launch services?

I don't see how we get that many launches up to support what we need in the proliferated architecture.

But I think at the end of the day we have a very serious threat in Western--in the Western Pacific and the INDOPACOM theater.

The American people are sick and tired of this.

This continued support is at risk domestically, politically, here if we don't see the administration getting results.

I think fair to say that the 31 most modern militaries in the world and a strengthened NATO alliance... could handle the remnants of the Russian military.

The Commandant of the Marine Corps cites amphib availability at about 32 percent.

I want to just make sure that none of our DOD funds are going to purchase Chinese battery technology or any other technology that is coming from China.

I am concerned, however, about the timeliness of these efforts, and you will continue, Ranking Member Garamendi and I think agree on this...

Call to order this hearing of the Readiness Subcommittee of the fiscal year 2024 budget request for military readiness.

I will be introducing legislation to expand Junior ROTC to help with this recruiting crisis.

Are we going to be having a conversation this summer about cutting force structure in the Army?

Are we going to fall short again?

I find that just jaw-dropping, that we are driving our military... into greater dependency on our greatest adversary.