The OSD Organizational Review is intended to achieve a 20% cut in total headquarters budgets.

I supported an Andrews amendment to the FY14 NDAA at the House markup to extend a cap on service contracting by two additional years.

When will that inventory be complete and how is it being used to inform the Pentagon's budget-cutting efforts?

I know the Air Force has been challenged with modernization needs.

In recent correspondence, House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Young expressed concern to Secretary Hagel that the Pentagon's planned cuts for headquarters were focused disproportionately on the civilians and the military…

That doesn't make any sense.

To what extent will your component generate savings in management headquarters workforce spending through insourcing, consistent with 10 USC 2463?

I want to know that we will begin to see tangible actions that support our statements emphasizing our support in the region.

What assurance can you provide that the headquarters cuts and cuts generally undertaken by the Department will take into account contractors as well as civilians and military?

Are your component's answers to those questions regarding the size and cost of service contractors reliable, comprehensive, and well-informed?

As a co-chair of the House Long Range Strike Caucus, I want to know how you intend to protect funding for the NextGen bomber?