Richard B. Nugent: “I advise my colleague from Massachusetts that I have one remaining speaker. Mr. McGOVERN. Then I will reserve the…”

One of the recommendations I believe from that panel was also to invest more in medical countermeasures. Are we doing that? Are we investing more or are we staying status quo?

At some point in time I think we have to start making decisions about where we fight because what we don't want to do is break the Marine Corps or the Army for that matter.

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.

I want to make sure that the Chief of Police is accountable to you all and through oversight of this committee.