Michael Waltz

These are the standards you must hit for combat.

Navy Aviation Incentive Pay is a retention tool, but the Secretary of the Navy is not following his own instructions on flight pay.

The Air Force will miss its recruiting goals for the first time since 1999 by 2,700 airmen.

Soldiers will not be accessed, classified, trained, assigned, promoted or otherwise managed on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, or national origin.

Would you agree then, really what this is about it's about standards?

Does anyone disagree that our level of diversity in the military, at least according to race, exceeds that of the American public?

I believe part of problem is lack of familiarity with and exposure to the military in too many of our communities.

So essentially what you are saying is you described the policy today; Lieutenant General Burt violated that policy.

I would hope. Because I think what we have--what we are trying to demonstrate here is we have opened--statements from the senior leaders like that opens a Pandora's Box of political issues.

I didn't think so, because it doesn't exist. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Actually, they do. Actually, that's just blatantly incorrect. We have a dual standard.

I think the broader issue is we are hearing your testimony today.

The Army was anticipating a 10,000 soldier shortfall.

This was an utter lack of planning that their loved ones paid the ultimate price for.

There's a direct causality there, in your opinion?

How does it make you feel that not a single official has resigned, been relieved, then court martialed?

It's a bunch of crap. It's a garbage argument and I think deep down my colleagues on the other side of the aisle know it in their hearts.

As long as I sit in this seat we will drive accountability for you and for your loved ones.

The Navy has for years asserted it requires 66 nuclear attack submarines for its warfighting requirements. We are currently at 49.

Virtually all of our allies and partner countries in Asia now face a very serious national security threat from the Chinese Communist Party.

I have a revised amendment to the ANS.

This is our final and most significant strategic advantage when it comes to deterring and countering the aggression of the Chinese Communist Party in the Pacific and around the world.

We want equal opportunity for every single American. Equal opportunity, for every single American to serve.

The concern of this committee is that we have political pressure to tip the scales from a meritocracy.

This isn't a way of thinking or a history class, this is present-day indoctrination.